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A bully doesn't have to use physical force, this is just bullying her out. So if I was to say Yasar Arafat was a good looking man, would that make me a terrorist or let's say a gay person. How come nobody gets fired for all the shitty things they say at FOX NEWS. GOD BLESS AMERICA FOR MAKEING ME A BETTER HUMAN

MM: I agree with your assessments regarding Arab leaders

Or shall I say Arab puppet/dictators.

But a much sadder phenomena is what has been happening in US and with Americans, with so much access to various news and information around the world, people follow the parrot type news which are really to promote the bigger agenda and this piece of news is a good example of that.

Here is another news related item to the firing

//www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jul/08/octavia-nasr-cnn-tweet-fired

Mehrdad

Mehrdad

I was not expressing my opinion about who is terrorist or not, but how the people view them.  Bush did a good job of bunching up all "Islamic organizations" in one basket as terrorists.  The Arab Shaikhs, instead of building Fantacy Islands in the Persian Gulf or spending $$$ in casinos, could improve the images of Hezbollah or Hamas as political organizations, but they have not.   The image of Hezbollah and Hamas are also tainted because of their close associations with IRI as well as suicide-bombings, .....etc. 

I don't think any body

I don't think any body here is suggesting that the US government would have fired her or even pressure the organization to do so. Also for those who use IRI as a yardstick for Freedom of press, ought to know that even China or Cuba perhaps gets a better grade then Iran so the comparison hardly gives any weight in defending this unspoken, unwritten rule that if you go against the wishes of the main powers who control the media in US, you will lose your job.

MM Jaan: with all due respect, please give me a break about "terrorist organization"

Every objective person knows that if it was going to go by the act and spirit of "terrorism" Israel probably would be the biggest terrorist organization. Just the reason that State Dept. gets pressured to put xyz on a State terrorism or take it off, hardly gives it any credibility. I would have thought an objective person like you would not have fallen into the same propaganda.

Mehrdad

She was not fired by the government, but the ratings would have!

Octavia Nasr spoke her mind and no government came down on her, prisoned her and tortured her.  But rather, her siding with a terrorist organization would have discouraged folks from watching her and CNN.  It is the power of ratings and eventually the advertizing revenues that drove the decision, not the US government. 

mahmoudg: America is not a Terrorist Organization

To side with a worldly recognized terrorist organization, may not land you in jail but it can cost your job especially as a reporter. Coming from Iran, I still believe there's more freedom here than many other places in the world especially our homeland. To complain about freedom of speech in the US is bit hypocritical, don't you think so? 

There is Freedom of Press

How many of you express your hatred for America, all things American and Western and are free to roam?  None of you would have been even given a day of reprieve in the IRI or other despotic regimes.  Nasr's comments were irresponsible, and she paid the price, but she is free to choose another venue and I am sure she will be hired elsewhere.  Do not mix up support for terrorism for Freedom of press.  There is a difference between "difference of Opinion" and being thrown in jail, raped, and then hung for an ideology.  America is far from being perfect, but it is also a million miles ahead of regime's such as the Islamic Rapist Republic. 

Another black mark upon the

Another black mark upon the MSM.

systematic brainwashing

The Israel lobby is systematically brainwashing the world via control of the media. Sadly in US the general population is too ignorant and not inquisitive enough to seek the truth.