Region | Lebanon
Hezbollah denounces CNN's firing of Mideast editor
Hezbollah's spokesman Ibrahim Moussawi says CNN's decision amounts to "intellectual terrorism"
- AP
- Published: 13:28 July 9, 2010
- Image Credit: Gulf News Archive
- Octavia Nasr at the 3rd Arab Broadcast Forum at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi on 4 May, 2008.
Beirut: The Hezbollah has denounced CNN's decision to fire a Middle East editor for posting a note on Twitter expressing admiration for the country's late top Shiite cleric.
Octavia Nasr later apologised for her tweet in which she described Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussain Fadlallah as "one of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot." But CNN officials said her credibility had been compromised.
Hezbollah's spokesman Ibrahim Moussawi says CNN's decision amounts to "intellectual terrorism" and reflects the West's "double standards" in dealing with the Mideast.
He said in a statement issued on Friday that the decision to fire Nasr - a Lebanese who worked for CNN for two decades - exposes America's false claims regarding freedom of expression.
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