» Why CNN Firing Octavia Nasr for Tweeting About Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah Was Spineless
This incident is also distressing because CNN was essentially caving into a black/white, us vs. them, good vs. absolute evil view of the world. Because the United States had labeled Fadlallah a “terrorist,” expressing any sort of positive comment about him was a firing offense. But the real world is more complicated than that: people who support some good things sometimes embrace bad things too, and we ought to be able to acknowledge and “respect” them for their positive actions while recognizing and condemning their errors or flaws
