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CNN anchor apologizes for saying freed Israeli hostages were 'treated better' than Gazans (nypost.com)

submitted 5 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour apologized Monday after claiming that Israeli hostages freed from Hamas captivity were “treated better” than Gazans — remarks that provoked furious backlash from Israel supporters.

The longtime international correspondent retracted her statement on air just hours after Hamas released the final 20 living hostages under a cease-fire agreement brokered by the United States and Egypt.

Amanpour’s mea culpa came after she earlier told CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins that the hostages “were probably being treated better than the average Gazan, because they are the pawns and the chips that Hamas had.”

“That was insensitive, and it was wrong,” Amanpour said during a broadcast on Monday.

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I like NYPost for these posts, because they are so pro-Israel that they sometimes publish these headlines without the propaganda sauce on them, thinking anti-Israel folks will interpret it the same way.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yeah but world comm didn't cause so put link I posted there here.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

They are kind of right because NYPost is a rag outlet. I just find the headline funny.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 days ago

Yean I know, 90% of the time that's correct. Of course all the other major publications are headed the same direction