Monday, 11 May 2015

A CNN senior editor lost her job for showing respect to the wrong leader.

CNN senior editor Octavia Nasr lost her job after praising Hezbollah's spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, on Twitter. Her tweet was deemed offensive because Fadlallah is reportedly linked to the deaths of 260 Americans.
She tweeted, "Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot."
She later explained her tweet was an "error of judgment," and that her respect was out of Fadlallah position on women's rights. But CNN soon decided to fire her, reasoning her credibility has been "compromised.

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