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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN Dumps Host Reza Aslan After Anti-Trump Tweet....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cnn-cuts-ties-reza-aslan?utm_content=bufferfacc8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=bufferCNN cut ties with author and television host Reza Aslan on Friday, less than a week after he profanely referred to President Donald Trump in a tweet about the London terror attacks.The network said it was not continuing with a second season of Believer, Aslans series about different religions, which premiered last year. Only two weeks ago CNN dumped comedian Kathy Griffin, co-host of its annual New Years Eve celebration, when she was photographed holding a depiction of Trumps severed head.
Angered about Trumps social media commentary on the London terror attacks, Aslan tweeted last Saturday that this piece of s is not just an embarrassment to America and a stain on the presidency, hes an embarrassment to humankind.
Aslan also tweeted that Trump was a man baby that must be ignored in times of crisis.
The Iranian-born author later apologized for my choice of words, and CNN issued a statement saying that kind of discourse is never appropriate. But it wasnt enough to save his show.
In a statement on Friday, Aslan said he was grateful to CNN for giving his series a chance.
In these politically charged times, the tenor of our nations discourse has become complicated, he said. And I recognize that CNN needs to protect its brand as an unbiased news outlet. Similarly, I need to honor my voice. I am not a journalist. I am a social commentator and a scholar.
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CNN Dumps Host Reza Aslan After Anti-Trump Tweet.... (Original Post)
HipChick
Jun 2017
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physioex
(6,890 posts)1. Ok...
Now clean out the RW Loonies to be fair.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)2. Just truth tell 'n if you ask me but I understand CNN's decision . Shouldn't have called
the pos a...well.. A POS !
ck4829
(35,069 posts)3. Yet Trump tweets about a "Muslim problem" and nobody dumps him
I guess genocidal rhetoric is OK for CNN as they keep giving Trump and his cronies a platform?
Mike Nelson
(9,953 posts)4. I'm confused...
...I guess Trump is the only one allowed to publically show vulgar behavior.
Les Cowbell
(84 posts)5. He should have called him Putin's Official Stooge
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)6. CNN article on the issue...