NBC Correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin Is Returned to Gaza

[kpete]

Source: New York Times

NBC Correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin Is Returned to Gaza
By BILL CARTER
New York Times
JULY 18, 2014

Only days after NBC removed him from its coverage of the fighting in Gaza, the correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin will be reinstated and sent back into the region, the network said Friday evening.

The decision to pull Mr. Mohyeldin off the story, after he witnessed an Israeli air attack that killed four young Palestinians and then posted remarks on Twitter about it, prompted a round of questions, and much criticism of NBC among Internet commenters. Some accused the network of reacting to pressure from the Israeli side of the conflict. Mr. Mohyeldin is an Egyptian-American who previously worked for the cable news channel Al Jazeera English.

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On Friday, NBC declined to give any explanation — official or not — for the sudden decision to send Mr. Mohyeldin back into Gaza. In a statement, NBC said only that its “deployments were constantly reassessed” in the region.Social-networking sites have given reporters in war zones the ability to immediately communicate their experiences. But those communications have also been closely examined by readers looking for bias.

In a Twitter posting on Friday evening Mr. Mohyeldin wrote: “Thanks for all the support. I’m returning to #Gaza to report. Proud of NBC’s continued commitment to cover the #Palestinian side of the story.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/19/business/media/nbc-correspondent-ayman-mohyeldin-is-returned-to-gaza.html?_r=2

[Seedersandleechers]

1. Mr. Mohyeldin

was kicking around a soccer ball with the kids just minutes before they were attacked and NBC apparently had information there was more attacks to come. Could it be NBC was concerned about his safety, especially when Engle started reporting from Tel Aviv. My conspiracy theorist roommate thinks well, - "It was a conspiracy".

[Fred Sanders]

2. Do not take pictures of or report on the horror of innocents dying...it upsets the propaganda.

Not to mention the delicate flower like constitution of the American people who saw not 1 of 4000 soldiers killed in Iraq....suppression of the truth of is the American way. The imperialist way.

"The Palestinians side of the story" is supposed to be suppressed, get with the plan.

[Bigmack]

5. Yes nt

Ms Bigmack

[riverwalker]

3. yet the CNN reporter was reassigned to Moscow

after reporting the Israeli crowds cheering the bombs falling on Gaza and threatening her.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/miriamberger/cnn-removes-reporter-after-she-tweeted-that-israelis-threate

[elleng]

4. Good news.

It seemed that Richard Engel, who temporarily replaced him, wasn't happy about it, and a woman added virtually nothing to the reporting.