Jul 9, 2010 Posted by Joelle

All It Took Was A Tweet

On Wednesday, 7 July 2010, CNN fired its Senior Editor of Middle East Affairs Octavia Nasr (@OctaviaNasr) over her Tweet following the death of Lebanese religious leader Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, in a blatant case of a double standard (Read more on that below). Ms. Nasr tweeted: Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah… One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot... read more