{"id":20712,"date":"2010-07-07T23:46:39","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T06:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/?p=20712"},"modified":"2010-07-07T23:46:39","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T06:46:39","slug":"cnn-fires-octavia-nasr-for-twitter-post-praising-hezbollah-terrorist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/cnn-fires-octavia-nasr-for-twitter-post-praising-hezbollah-terrorist\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Fires Octavia Nasr For Twitter Post Praising Hezbollah Terrorist"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The New York Daily news reports that less than 140 characters cost CNN’s Octavia Nasr her job after she tweeted her “respect” for a terrorist Hezbollah sheikh who died over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Nasr, CNN’s Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs, ran into hot water after she posted on Twitter that she was “sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah\u2026 One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot.”<\/p>\n

Facing an immediate and harsh backlash, she backpedaled Tuesday in a blog post, saying she didn’t endorse the life work of Fadlallah – who was labeled a terrorist by US officials.<\/p>\n

“Not the kind of life to be commenting about in a brief tweet. It’s something I deeply regret,” she wrote. Still, she praised Fadlallah for being a pioneer on “woman’s rights,” and warning Muslim men against abusing their wives.<\/p>\n

It was not enough. On Wednesday, CNN fired her.<\/p>\n

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