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Contributed by Qasim
".....Nasr deserves all the humiliation she must be feeling at this point. Her firing should be a lesson to all those Arabs and Muslims in this country who are busy garnering mainstream media acceptance. We know Arabs and Muslims are not judged on their journalistic skills or integrity. They are hired based on their willingness and ability to strictly follow rigid narratives on any given topic, especially on issues relating to the Middle East. In Nasr’s case she was the token Arab offering native expertise on Middle East events, and more importantly, native legitimacy for the official narrative. Not once did Nasr dare defend the legally and morally sanctioned Lebanese resistance to the recurring Israeli onslaughts on innocent civilians and occupation of her native Lebanon. She knew what was permissible, and expressing such views would have earned her a much earlier exit from CNN. Not once before her unfortunate (from her perspective) tweet did she deviate from the storyline on any topic or current event. In fairness to Nasr, this may not have been too hard to do. She began her career in Lebanon at the LBC network of the right-wing, Christian fascist groups like the Phalange and Lebanese Forces. This fringe element within Lebanon has always been sympathetic to Zionism and Western meddling in the region.
Nasr’s humiliating exit from CNN should be a lesson to all aspiring journalists pursuing careers in US corporate media outlets, especially those from suspect groups who carry around the extra burden of demonstrating they’re one of “the good ones.” Nasr adopted her views and chose her words carefully......."
Contributed by Qasim
".....Nasr deserves all the humiliation she must be feeling at this point. Her firing should be a lesson to all those Arabs and Muslims in this country who are busy garnering mainstream media acceptance. We know Arabs and Muslims are not judged on their journalistic skills or integrity. They are hired based on their willingness and ability to strictly follow rigid narratives on any given topic, especially on issues relating to the Middle East. In Nasr’s case she was the token Arab offering native expertise on Middle East events, and more importantly, native legitimacy for the official narrative. Not once did Nasr dare defend the legally and morally sanctioned Lebanese resistance to the recurring Israeli onslaughts on innocent civilians and occupation of her native Lebanon. She knew what was permissible, and expressing such views would have earned her a much earlier exit from CNN. Not once before her unfortunate (from her perspective) tweet did she deviate from the storyline on any topic or current event. In fairness to Nasr, this may not have been too hard to do. She began her career in Lebanon at the LBC network of the right-wing, Christian fascist groups like the Phalange and Lebanese Forces. This fringe element within Lebanon has always been sympathetic to Zionism and Western meddling in the region.
Nasr’s humiliating exit from CNN should be a lesson to all aspiring journalists pursuing careers in US corporate media outlets, especially those from suspect groups who carry around the extra burden of demonstrating they’re one of “the good ones.” Nasr adopted her views and chose her words carefully......."
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