There was a surprising turn of events over Twitter today.

It came after the Canadaland website reported that two Globe and Mail columnists were given their walking papers: Tabatha Southey and Leah McLaren.

But Southey and McLaren weren't at the centre of attention. Rather, it was a third columnist, veteran Margaret Wente, whose name was trending on the social media site in Vancouver.

That's because there were so many Twitter users complaining that Wente wasn't among those who were canned.