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JohnSJ

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2. Of course the "staffers" remain anonymous, and I suspect those staffers have their own bias.
Sun Feb 4, 2024, 02:22 PM
Feb 2024

The coverage I have seen on CNN by their correspondents have not white-washed the situation in Israel's favor.

These anonymous staffers, by the report, seem upset because they are not saying Hamas is a credible source, and accusing CNN of saying the IDF is a credible source.

Not only is that bullshit, but it exposes the probable pro-Hamas bias of those staffers.

Last year there were accusations that there were some embedded journalists who had prior knowledge of the October 7th attack, and I have to wonder who those journalists are?

CNN has been critical, as has other outlets of the number of civilian casualties as a result of the Israeli retaliation.

The article is ambiguous about how many staffers are critical. Was it 5, 10, 100? The article headline makes it seem like everyone on the staff.

Last year a State Department staffer, Josh Paul, who had been there over 10 years, made headlines by resigning because of President Biden's policies toward the middle east, with the media implying that a mass exodus of State Department Staffers would soon follow based on his narrative. CNN, along with other news outlets gave this individual a lot of coverage through interviews and exposure for his views, which were anything but complimentary toward Israel.

These staffers I think have a major bias problem of their own, about a very complicated situation.







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