Update at 8:30 PST: we just received the names of the four journalists that were fired:
Moshe Cohen, editor, fired on january 30, 10 years with CNN.
Izi Landberg, Producer, about 25 years with CNN, fired on January 30.
Avi Kaner cameraman fired on january 30, 10 years with CNN.
Michal Zippori desk producer, situation still unclear.
The media scandal that you are about to read was revealed to us by a totally reliable source.
It is likely to provoke a wave of shock and indignation within the North American media industry, and it certainly will not calm down the controversy over the pro-palestinian CNN treatment of the conflict.
We learned today that the Israeli branch of CNN, located in Jerusalem, is downsizing to cope with reduced income from less advertising.
What goes beyond good management is that CNN has fired four Israeli Jewish journalists (out of a crew of 8), and has retained only Arab journalists. Where, until now, CNN always sent a Jewish and an Arab journalist to cover information, now there will be only an Arab journalist. The local chief editor of the News Chanel is now Arabic.
This is a conflict where information is central to public opinion, and it weighs a lot on diplomatic decisions. Furthermore, it is no secret that Arab journalists cannot freely publish what they want without risking for their own lives when traveling to Gaza, East Jerusalem, and Judea Samaria. Thus, CNN decision to fire all Jewish journalists from its Jerusalem office is of particular concern, because the general public is unaware that they will be receiving biased information from CNN.
© Jean-Patrick Grumberg for www.Dreuz.info
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CNN is no better over here. It’s time for a new CNN or just get rid of them. Ron Paul just won the 2012 CPAC, you won’t see that on CNN.
“CNN decision to fire all Jewish journalists from its Jerusalem office is of particular concern, because the general public is unaware that they will be receiving biased information from CNN.”
Say what? If the general public is unaware that they have been receiving biased information from CNN since its inception it matters not one whit that Jewish journalists were fired and will have their beats covered by Arab journalists. We’re talking the Communist News Network here. What could you ever expect but biased news coverage from such a pathetic and biased excuse for a news organization, a state controlled media. Only mindless drones would listen repeatedly to CNN and treat it as the gospel truth. I stopped watching CNN nearly 20 years ago and haven’t missed it since…..except of course in a nice way. I watch no TV news. Why? Because with the exception watching live sporting events, and displaying DVDs from Netflix, I watch no TV, period. Until ala carte pay TV comes to pass where we get to choose only those networks/channels we wish to watch and pay for, I won’t bother with it. The Internet is thus my exclusive source for un-spun news and information. I do feel for the journalists who lost their jobs especially after some of them had been with the company for so long. It stinks even more so if it was politically motivated.
Biased lying scum is all they have always been anyway, so Now you know what you are getting! Pravda news gives about the same quality but you know what they are all about being under the thumb! But CNN cooses to be crooked and biased and liars in their big scheme of things! News control is the first form of communism and socialism and their tyranical formats!