{"id":119865,"date":"2024-10-30T00:36:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119865"},"modified":"2024-10-30T00:36:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:36:47","slug":"cnn-apologises-for-pager-comment-by-conservative-panellist-to-mehdi-hasan-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119865","title":{"rendered":"CNN apologises for pager comment by conservative panellist to Mehdi Hasan | US news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">CNN has apologised to its viewers after a panellist on its NewsNight programme made derogatory remarks implying that a fellow guest on the show, the broadcaster Mehdi Hasan, was a terrorist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Ryan James Girdusky, a conservative commentator, told Hasan, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/mehdihasan\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Guardian US columnist<\/a> and former host on MSNBC, who is Muslim, that he hoped his \u201cbeeper doesn\u2019t go off\u201d, in an apparent reference to Israel\u2019s targeting of Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/sep\/17\/hundreds-of-hezbollah-members-hurt-in-lebanon-after-pagers-explode\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">exploding pagers<\/a> last month. The wave of coordinated explosions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/sep\/18\/pager-and-walkie-talkie-attacks-on-hezbollah-were-audacious-and-carefully-planned\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">killed 12<\/a> and injured thousands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cDid your guest just say I should be killed on live TV?\u201d Hasan asked the show\u2019s anchor, Abby Phillip.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"f85b29cd-127a-4d07-a76f-d844e38ded19\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"TweetBlockComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;Twitter&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;1851085909435039789&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;f85b29cd-127a-4d07-a76f-d844e38ded19&quot;,&quot;hasMedia&quot;:false,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;inline&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/1851085909435039789&quot;,&quot;isThirdPartyTracking&quot;:false,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;blockquote class=\\&quot;nojs-tweet\\&quot;&gt;&lt;p lang=\\&quot;en\\&quot; dir=\\&quot;ltr\\&quot;&gt;Girdusky to Hasan: I hope your beeper doesn\u2019t go off &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/YmHhYnkDZ3\\&quot;&gt;pic.twitter.com\/YmHhYnkDZ3&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1851085909435039789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\&quot;&gt;October 29, 2024&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/blockquote&gt;&quot;}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">After a commercial break, Phillip issued an on-air apology to Hasan and viewers and said Girdusky had been removed from the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cI want to apologise to Mehdi Hasan for what was said at this table. It was completely unacceptable,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to apologise to the viewers at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"dc499cda-a3b7-439c-b6e3-eb2a85e2a8dd\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"TweetBlockComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;Twitter&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;1851087525227741198&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;dc499cda-a3b7-439c-b6e3-eb2a85e2a8dd&quot;,&quot;hasMedia&quot;:false,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;inline&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/1851087525227741198&quot;,&quot;isThirdPartyTracking&quot;:false,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;blockquote class=\\&quot;nojs-tweet\\&quot;&gt;&lt;p lang=\\&quot;en\\&quot; dir=\\&quot;ltr\\&quot;&gt;Phillip: I want to apologize to Mehdi Hasan for what was said at this table. It was completely unacceptable when we get this discussion started, you'll see that Ryan is not at the table\u2026 I want to apologize to the viewers at home &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/wyPaStHUex\\&quot;&gt;pic.twitter.com\/wyPaStHUex&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1851087525227741198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\&quot;&gt;October 29, 2024&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/blockquote&gt;&quot;}}\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweet-container-dc499cda-a3b7-439c-b6e3-eb2a85e2a8dd\" class=\"dcr-1q2yr87\">\n<blockquote class=\"nojs-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Phillip: I want to apologize to Mehdi Hasan for what was said at this table. It was completely unacceptable when we get this discussion started, you&#8217;ll see that Ryan is not at the table\u2026 I want to apologize to the viewers at home <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wyPaStHUex\">pic.twitter.com\/wyPaStHUex<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1851087525227741198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In a subsequent statement, CNN said there was \u201czero room for racism or bigotry at CNN or on our air\u201d and that Girdusky \u201cwill not be welcomed back at our network\u201d. Hasan retweeted the statement on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Earlier in their heated exchange, Hasan had said that if people on the far right \u201cdon\u2019t want to be called Nazis, stop doing, stop saying\u201d. Girdusky interjected by saying Hasan was called an \u201cantisemite more than anyone at this table\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">After Hasan said he was used to being labelled an antisemite due to his support for the Palestinian people, Girdusky said, \u201cWell, I hope your beeper doesn\u2019t go off.\u201d He attempted to apologise amid crosstalk and sought to justify his comment by indicating he thought Hasan said he supported Hamas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RyanGirdusky\/status\/1851113003552248261\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">later post on X<\/a>, however, Girdusky appeared to double down on a more antagonistic approach. \u201cYou can stay on CNN if you falsely call every Republican a Nazi and have taken money from Qatar-funded media,\u201d he said. \u201cApparently you can\u2019t go on CNN if you make a joke. I\u2019m glad America gets to see what CNN stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/29\/cnn-apologises-pager-comment-ryan-james-girdusky-mehdi-hasan\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN has apologised to its viewers after a panellist on its NewsNight programme made derogatory remarks implying that a fellow guest on the show, the broadcaster Mehdi Hasan, was a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119865\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}