Insiders say pressure from the top results in CNN’s unquestioning reporting of Israeli claims and silencing of Palestinian perspectives
CNN staff say network’s pro-Israel slant amounts to ‘journalistic malpractice’
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CNN got this one right – Israel fails to make a case for desecrating a Gaza cemetery
Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers. CNN doesn’t often challenge the Israel narrative, but this time, Jeremy Diamond was spot-on.
CNN runs Gaza coverage past bureau operating under shadow of IDF censor
Like all foreign news organizations operating in Israel, CNN’s bureau is subject to the rules of the IDF censor, which dictates subjects that are off-limits for news organizations to cover, and censors articles it deems unfit or unsafe to print…
Matt Taibbi Flashback (9/11): CNN Sentences Palestine To Death
Media showed the same 30-second clip over and over… The obvious agenda was to rally viewers around the very crudest response to the news: violence needed to be met with more violence & a political clampdown… Probably no single film clip in recent history had as much of an impact as the Palestine clip. Summing it up was an Israeli expert on terrorism quoted in Reuters: “It is the most important public relations act ever committed in our favor.”
CNN investigation: Shireen Abu Akleh was ‘shot dead in targeted attack’ by Israel
CNN investigates the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11 and says she was targeted by an Israeli sniper positioned 600 feet away from her with a clear line of sight.
Media bias: CNN and NPR are afraid to say “Apartheid” out loud
As is standard practice in American mainstream media, CNN and NPR buried a major story critical of Israel so deep, it’s almost like it never happened.
Forward, JTA, NYT, CNN ‘lie through omission’ about Tlaib, Omar trip
Media are attacking the Congresswomen by claiming that the group sponsoring their proposed trip ‘promoted blood libels.’ The claim is based on one item briefly posted on the NGO’s website six years ago… and the news reports don’t mention that the item quoted an Israeli news report about a book (since retracted) by a prominent Israeli historian saying there was “a factual basis for some of the medieval blood libels against the Jews…”
CNN’s Jake Tapper attacks Palestinians via El Paso shooter
CNN’s Jake Tapper, schooled to be pro-Israel, likened the Palestinian liberation movement to white supremacy – and social media commenters are not having it…
AIPAC takes newly elected Congress members, CNN’s Setmayer on propaganda trips to Israel
The Israel lobby is taking newly elected Congressional representatives, CNN-ABC commentator Tara Setmayer, & California “progressive leaders” on propaganda trips to Israel. AIPAC IS using a loophole that violates the spirit of the law… and seems to be functioning as a foreign agent…
CNN fires commentator Marc Lamont Hill for UN speech supporting Palestinian rights
CNN has fired commentator Marc Lamont Hill for a speech that he gave at the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People at the UN on Wednesday. Pro-Israel groups and individuals immediately criticized Hill, and CNN quickly fired him. See the speech…