CNN Fires Editor After Hezbollah Twitter Message – NYTimes.com

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CNN Fires Middle East Affairs Editor

Octavia Nasr, senior editor of Middle East affairs, was fired after publishing a Twitter message saying she respected a Hezbollah leader.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/business/media/08cnn.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

Ms. Nasr, a 20-year veteran of the network, wrote on Twitter after the cleric died on Sunday, “Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah … One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot.”