Another mainstream media outlet has been accused of hiring terrorists, this time CNN, which has been accused of hiring a freelancer in Gaza named Abdel Kader Sabbah who is said to have ties to Hamas.
Since the October 7 attacks, several organizations, The New York TimesMedia outlets including the Associated Press, Reuters, CNN and Al Jazeera have also faced allegations that journalists they worked with in Gaza are close to terrorists.
Honest Reporting, the watchdog website that conducted much of the investigation, report Tuesday:
Abdel Kader Sabbah, a CNN freelance reporter in Gaza, posed for photos with Hamas officials, worked for and was offered jobs by a Hamas-run organization, praised terrorists and spread anti-Israel propaganda online, an Honest Reporting investigation has found.
During the Israel-Hamas war, CNN platform According to Sabah’s report, Sabah also worked He is a reporter for the Associated Press, and the revelations about his ties to terrorist organizations cast a deep shadow over the news agency’s vetting procedures and journalistic standards.
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What is clear is that someone like Abdel Kader Sabbah cannot be considered an objective journalist: his posts expose him as, at best, a mouthpiece for Hamas, and, at worst, a soldier affiliated with the banned terrorist group.
Honest reporting too Called Several state attorneys general have warned news organizations about hiring journalists with terrorism ties, but have launched an investigation into CNN as the latest example of this phenomenon.
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