Sisters are doing it for themselves

First it was Helen Thomas who got kicked for her views from Hearst
Media, and now CNN is firing Octavia Nasr over her tweet: 'Sad to hear
of the passing of Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah.. One of
Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot…' Apparently both women tried to
appologize explaining their motives for their declarations. They
should have stuck with the original statements.
Anyhow, CNN is saying that "We believe that her credibility in her
position as senior editor for Middle Eastern affairs has been
compromised going forward." which brings me back to Glenn Grenwald's
magnificent article in Salon on Christiane Amanpour: That phrase --
"pro-Israel bias" -- is a virtual oxymoron in such circles, because
the "pro-Israel" position is the default position that is deemed
"objective."
Yes, if you're pro-Israeli, anti-Palestinian, etc, then you're
credible, but if you praise a cleric who frankly was avant-guard such
as Fadlallah, then your position is compromised.
You go girls!