Another mainstream media news organization has been accused of hiring a terrorist — this time CNN, which has been accused of hiring a freelancer in Gaza named Abdel Qader Sabbah, who reportedly has ties to Hamas.
Since the October 7 attack, several organizations — the New York Times, the Associated Press, Reuters, CNN, and Al Jazeera — have faced claims that journalists in Gaza with whom they have worked are also close with terrorists.
The watchdog website Honest Reporting, which has done much of the investigating, reported Tuesday:
A CNN freelance journalist in Gaza, Abdel Qader Sabbah, photographed himself with a senior Hamas leader, served in a Hamas-run body to which he also provided work, praised terrorists, and shared anti-Israeli propaganda online, an HonestReporting investigation revealed.
Throughout the Israel-Hamas war, CNN has given a prominent platform to…
