She got canned for condemning Palestinians. He was let go for blaming Israel.
Should Americans be punished or lose their livelihoods for things they say about a gut-wrenching conflict taking place halfway across the world? In an ideal world where freedom of speech is absolute, short of advocating violence, no one should get fired for stating an unpopular view.
Jackson Frank, a young sports reporter who had been hired in September to cover the 76ers for PhillyVoice, took exception.
Strong said she hastily “liked” a tweet, then “unliked” it when she read it all the way through and realized it was Islamophobic. In perhaps the understatement of the year, she wrote, “The internet is SO quick to peg people & make judgments.”What constitutes acceptable speech in a fraught moment like this is entirely subjective. But if you anger your bosses, if you embarrass them or bring disrepute to the organization for which you work, you may get fired — or maybe not.
The Times must have decided — inexplicably, given its professed social media standards — that a well-sourced journalist on the ground in the Gaza war was worth the flak it would inevitably receive.
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