Huffington Post Commenters Blame Jews for CNN Firing
As previously noted by CAMERA, here and here, comments by CNN Senior Middle East Editor Octavia Nasr praising former Lebanese Shiite cleric Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah reflected poorly on the credibility of CNNs Middle East coverage, prompting the network to dismiss her. But among commenters at the Huffington Post , one of the largest and most influential news blogs in the world, there was sympathy for Nasr. Her firing was widely attributed to the nefarious Jewish control of the media.
The following are a sampling of comments from the Huffington Post piece on July 8, 2010 blaming the Jews for Nasr’s firing:
BassguyGG 1 hour ago (12:41 PM)
There is no freedom of speech in this country for anyone in public life anymore when it comes to the Middle East. Anyone who disagrees with Israel or says anything good about their enemies is immediately and summarily destroyed. First Helen Thomas now Nasr.
gigli 1 hour ago (12:35 PM)
Wow. Fired for a political opinion. One not in favor of Israel.
Shock. Any wonder why the Muslim world thinks we hate them and are waging a war against Islam?
It’s never going to stop while this kind of nonsense keeps going on.
sparky73 1 hour ago (12:22 PM)
Ofcourse she was right to praise this man but since the J*ws control the media there was no way she was going to be able to keep her job.
hazelrahra 36 minutes ago (1:17 PM)
How much more obvious in their pro-Israel bias can the mainstream “liberal” media get? I wonder if Wolf Blitzer would lose his job if he made a statement voicing his respect for, say, Ariel Sharon or Ehud Olmert on their passings-both war criminals. I very much doubt it. But when an Arab-American editor voices her opinion/exercises free speech w/r/t a Lebanese cleric who reportedly called for the destruction of Israel–the occupier and oppressor, past and present, of the Palestinian and Lebanese people–well, those WORDS are far more reprehensible, apparently, than the actual DEEDS of Israel. In other words, blacklist, fire, slander, prevent from getting published, prevent from being performed, simply prevent from having a voice anyone and anything critical of Israel–and all those remotely associated with them–but bulldoze all the crops, houses, schools, ancient cemeteries and centers for autism you want, and drop all the white phosphorus on women and children and hospitals you want, and burn them to a crisp, and then go and voice your respect for those who do. Just make sure you get your oppressor and victim straight, because whether you have a voice will be dependent on that.
GCitizen 2 hours ago (11:31 AM)
This just shows you the bias of the U.S. mass media and the great influence of the Israeli lobbies in the U.S.
CNN and Fox News are full of journalists defending the Israeli occupation and terrorism such as Wolf Blitzer and Glenn Beck on air. When a CNN editor showed respect for one of Isreal’s enemies in a personal Tweet, she is fired because of all the noise and hate coming from Israel and the Israeli lobbies in the U.S. toward her.
imajoebob 3 hours ago (11:07 AM)
This is “integrity” by the company that spawned Glenn Beck. The lie here isn’t even thinly veiled. If she tweeted that Ariel Sharon (the actual creator of the intifada) was the greatest man who ever lived she’d be lionized for her political insight. But saying something minimally positive about an Arab she hit the third rail for American media: don’t cross the Israeli lobby. Let’s not pretend it’s anything other than that.
Southern Comfort 3 hours ago (11:04 AM)
I wonder if she would have been fired had she made a remark about an Israeli leader? I sincerely doubt it. Coming right after the medias near lynching of Helen Thomas, this clearly shows the American medias anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias. I can only imagine she will be replaced with a pro-Israeli mouthpiece, as compared to someone who truly knows the Middle East.
NamvetPR 3 hours ago (10:44 AM)
Another example of the power of the Jewish lobbying in every public aspect of our lives. Whose democracy is it anyway???
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