This past week, there was a stark contrast between CNN and Fox morning shows in their coverage of hate crimes allegedly inspired by the Israel-Hamas war as CNN used the stabbing of a Palestinian American man in Austin to push for a ceasefire while Fox highlighted a Palestinian illegal alien who beat a Jewish homeowner in New York.
CNN This Morning covered the Austin story on both Wednesday and Thursday as correspondent Dianne Gallagher highlighted lame assertions by the victim, Zacharia Doar, that Texas Governor Greg Abbott and President Joe Biden were to blame because they have supported Israel’s military actions in Gaza. On Wednesday, co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Phil Mattingly began by recalling the left-wing Muslim activist group CAIR trying to publicize the issue:
POPPY HARLOW: This morning, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group wants prosecutors…
