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Octavia Nasr Firing: Should CNN Also Ax Anyone Who Praises the Pope?
Jul 8th 2010 – 10:37AM
CNN has fired a 20-year veteran of the network, Middle East correspondent Octavia Nasr, for her comments on Twitter (since deleted) praising Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. Nasr wrote: "Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah.. One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot." Fadlallah left...
The 7 Sins of Octavia Nasr's Hezbollah Tweet
Jul 8th 2010 – 12:07AM
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(July 8) -- Does this sound like a fireable offense? "Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah.. One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot. #Lebanon" For Octavia Nasr, apparently it was. At the time of her tweet, which has been deleted, she was CNN's senior Middle East editor, a crucial position...
Background on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah
Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadl-Allāh () (also Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadl-Allāh) (November 16, 1935 – July 4, 2010) was a prominent Lebanese Twelver Shi'a marja.
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