Red Ice News

The Future is the Past

CNN Pulls Reporter From Israel-Hamas Coverage Over ’Scum’ Tweet
New to Red Ice? Start Here!

CNN Pulls Reporter From Israel-Hamas Coverage Over ’Scum’ Tweet

Source: talkingpointsmemo.com


CNN correspondent Diana Magnay hasn’t tweeted since Thursday, when she referred to a group of Israelis who cheered the bombing of Gaza as "scum." And on Friday, the cable news channel said she’s no longer covering the conflict.

Magnay wrote the tweet shortly after she filmed a live shot from a hill near the Israel-Gaza border. During Magnay’s report, cheers could be heard off-camera as a missile descended upon the Gaza Strip.

"And it is an astonishing, macabre and awful thing really to watch this display of fire in the air," she said.

Not long after that on-air report, Magnay sent the tweet before deleting it a short time later. A screenshot of the tweet can be viewed at Mediaite.

"Israelis on hill above Sderot cheer as bombs land on #gaza; threaten to ’destroy our car if I say a word wrong’. Scum," she wrote.

A spokesperson for CNN said in a statement to the Huffington Post’s Michael Calderone that Magnay has been removed from covering the conflict. She has been re-assigned to Moscow.

The spokeswoman said that although the reporter regrets the language, she said Magnay felt threatened by the group that had gathered to watch the Israeli bombardment.

[...]

Read the full article at: talkingpointsmemo.com







ABC News tells viewers that scenes of destruction in Gaza are in Israel

Comments

We're Hiring

We are looking for a professional video editor, animator and graphics expert that can join us full time to work on our video productions.

Apply

Help Out

Sign up for a membership to support Red Ice. If you want to help advance our efforts further, please:

Donate

Tips

Send us a news tip or a
Guest suggestion

Send Tip

Related News

Ex-CNN Reporter: I Received Orders to Manipulate News to Demonize Syria and Iran
Ex-CNN Reporter: I Received Orders to Manipulate News to Demonize Syria and Iran
Former CNN War Correspondent Speaks Out On Alleged War Crime CNN Refused To Air
Former CNN War Correspondent Speaks Out On Alleged War Crime CNN Refused To Air

Archives Pick

Red Ice T-Shirts

Red Ice Radio

3Fourteen

Con Inc., J6 Political Prisoners & The Pedophile Problem
Kim Coulter - Con Inc., J6 Political Prisoners & The Pedophile Problem
Why European Culture, Art and Beauty Matter
Gifts - Why European Culture, Art and Beauty Matter

TV

Laughter: The New Weapon Of The Far-Right
Laughter: The New Weapon Of The Far-Right
London’s Fourth Plinth To Get Fat Black “Everywoman” Statue
London’s Fourth Plinth To Get Fat Black “Everywoman” Statue

RSSYoutubeGoogle+iTunesSoundCloudStitcherTuneIn

Design by Henrik Palmgren © Red Ice Privacy Policy