CNN bans conservative commentator who made a racist ‘joke’ on air
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CNN says a right-wing commentator will not be welcomed back on air after he made a racist remark on “CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip.”
CNN says a right-wing commentator will not be welcomed back on air after he made a racist remark on “CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip.” On Monday’s prime time show, after Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan stated that he supports Palestinians, conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky responded, “I hope your beeper doesn’t go off.” The comment referenced the thousands of pager explosions in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah militants. CNN has learned the attacks were carried out by Israel. Hasan then asked Phillip, “Did your guest just say I should be killed on live TV?” Girdusky responded by falsely equating Hasan’s Palestinian support with the terrorist group Hamas. “That is completely out of pocket. You know that,” Phillip told Girdusky. Philip apologized to viewers for his statements. Girdusky said he apologized because he thought Hasan said he supported Hamas, a claim Philip and Hasan dismissed. A few minutes later, when the show returned from a commercial break, Phillip addressed viewers and Hasan for the “completely unacceptable” comments made by Girdusky and he was removed from the show. “There was a line that was crossed there and it’s not acceptable to me. It’s not acceptable to us at this network. We want discussion. We want people who disagree with each other to talk to each other. But when you cross the line of a complete lack of civility, that is not going to happen here on this show,” Phillip said.
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