CNN faced a lot of criticism, including from Democratic lawmakers. Heading About the American hostages killed by Hamas.
CNN's original headline read, “Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg Pollin killed, family confirms in statement.” The original headline quickly drew criticism, with some calling CNN's language “horrible” and “exonerating terrorists.”
“Breaking news for the media: hostages like Hersh Goldberg Pollin are not just 'dead'. They were murdered by Hamas… Words matter, because truth matters,” said Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Democrat from New York.
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Goldberg-Polin was abducted from a music festival in southern Israel during a Hamas attack on October 7. Video footage taken by Hamas showing him being loaded onto a truck showed a grenade blast severed part of his hand and arm.
“He was murdered,” Israel responded in a statement about X.
The headline read, “Israeli army says six hostages, including Israeli-American Goldberg-Polin, 'brutally murdered' in Gaza.”
American hostage Hersh Goldberg Pollin, 5 others 'brutally murdered' by Hamas before being rescued – IDF (Fox News)
“Shame on CNN and all the other media outlets who continue to twist the English language to exonerate terrorists and murderers,” said Mark Duboutis, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
“CNN misspells 'murder,'” the watchdog group Stop Anti-Semitism said. “This is truly embarrassing.”
Actor, comedian Michael Rapaport said:“Dude, CNN sucks!”
Hamas terrorists killed six hostages, including Israeli-American Goldberg Pollin, on Saturday as the Israel Defense Forces launched a rescue operation in tunnels deep underground in the Rafah city in the Gaza Strip.
“Our initial assessment is that they were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists shortly before our arrival,” IDF spokesman Maj. Gen. Daniel Hagari said in a statement.
His body was recovered inside the tunnel on Saturday, along with those of Carmel Gatto, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarsi and Sergeant Major Oli Danino.
of The White House acknowledged the murder. At around 11pm on Saturday, CNN reported on X that the hostage had “died”, but a few hours later CNN reported that the hostage had “died”. Furthermore, at 12am on CNN Not mentioned in the text The hostage was also killed.
Hersh Goldberg Pollin's parents, John Pollin and Rachel Goldberg, speak during the third day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. (Reuters/Mike Seeger)
“Shame on you, CNN. An American hostage in Gaza was brutally murdered by Hamas, who kidnapped him from Israel on October 7, mutilated him, and killed him after holding him illegally captive for more than 10 months,” said John Spencer of the West Point Institute for Modern War Studies.
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Goldberg Pollin's family and friends Traveled the world They have called for his release and met with world leaders, including officials from the Biden administration.
President Biden released a statement saying he was “shocked and outraged” by the news of Goldberg Pollin's death.
Fox News' Landon Mion contributed to this report.
