Tag: CNN
White House warns Iran not to respond to Israeli airstrikes
White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Wednesday that Iran should not respond to Israel's Oct. 26 retaliatory strikes.
Should it choose to do so, she added, "The United States will be standing by...
CNN fires pro-Hamas freelancer after watchdog exposé
CNN will no longer accept work from a Gaza-based freelance journalist who was previously employed by Hamas and boasted about his ties to the U.S.-designated terrorist organization on Facebook, according to the HonestReporting media watchdog.
Abdel...
Amanpour criticized for saying intifadas head a terrorist to Israelis, ‘Mandela’ to Palestinians
Christiane Amanpour, CNN chief international anchor, is being denounced and mocked widely for a recent social media post about Marwan Barghouti.
“To many Israelis, he’s a terrorist. To many Palestinians, he’s their Mandela,” she wrote of the convicted murderer,...
Hostage’s brother: Red Cross worker told family to care more about Gaza
CNN anchor Jake Tapper interviewed Dor Steinbrecher, the brother of hostage Doron Steinbrecher, a nurse and veterinarian from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, who told him that a Red Cross worker had dismissed a concern from their mother for...
Hassan Eslaiah, freelancer for CNN, AP, referred to ‘beautiful thing about storming the settlements’
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis warned the Associated Press five years ago about the photographer Hassan Eslaiah, from whom the AP and CNN have distanced themselves following questions about the role he and other freelancers...
Conservative groups: ‘CNN’ downplays anti-Semitic hate and violence towards Orthodox Jews
Orthodox and politically conservative Jewish groups are criticizing CNN’s special report on anti-Semitism that aired on Sunday night, alleging that it whitewashed anti-Semitism directed at Orthodox Jews coming from the political left.
The hour-long “Rising Hate: Antisemitism in...
‘CNN’ gets it partially right about anti-Semitism
Can a documentary on a low-rated network broadcast at a time when few were watching make much of a difference? Maybe not. That’s especially true when you consider that the program aired directly opposite...
Yiddish professor goes viral in town hall with President Biden
President Joe Biden engaged in a rare moment of kvelling during a live broadcast of a CNN town hall in Milwaukee on Tuesday night.
“I actually know some Yiddish,” Biden revealed during an exchange with a Jewish...
Don’t think a ‘reality czar’ would spare Israel and the Jews
It’s easy to scoff at some of the latest ideas being floated in some prestigious quarters for new limits on freedom of expression. But at a time when Big Tech companies are flexing their...
Christiane Amanpour apologizes for Kristallnacht-Trump comparison
Veteran CNN anchorwoman Christiane Amanpour apologized during her Monday show for having equated the events of Kristallnacht with U.S. President Donald Trump’s term in office.
Her comments caused a storm of controversy, including a demand from Israel...