[From a RWEC blog, but the facts are correct]
CNN dumps senior editor over Twitter eulogy of Hezbollah radical
For the third time in the past few weeks, a media figure finds themselves
out of a job after comments about their personal perspectives on issues
within their coverage got exposed. The case of Octavia Nasr may be the
most disturbing and the most revealing yet. Unlike the scandals involving
Helen Thomas or Dave Weigel, Nasr's role as senior editor could
seriously damage the credibility of a wide portion of a major media
outlet's coverage:
In the latest case of new media (or oversharing) gone wrong, CNN's
Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs Octavia Nasr is leaving the company
following the controversy caused by her tweet in praise of Hezbollah
leader Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah...
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rest:
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/07/cnn-dumps-senior-editor-over-twitter-eulogy-of-hezbollah-radical/
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