The far-left website The Intercept was very excited on Friday about CNN being accused in an internal meeting of having a “pronounced pro-Israel bias.” Actual pro-Israel media watchdogs like CAMERA would disagree.
The headline?
In internal meeting, Christiane Amanpour Confronts CNN Brass About ‘Double Standards’ on Israel Coverage
Amanpour expressed “real distress” over Israel stories being changed, while other staffers described a climate that is hostile to Arab journalists.
In an hourlong meeting with CNN boss Mark Thompson and other executives in the London bureau on February 13, “staffers took turns questioning a panel of executives about CNN’s protocols for covering the war in Gaza and what they describe as a hostile climate for Arab reporters.” They complained about CNN routing almost all coverage relating to Israel and Palestine through the…
