‘Terror Journalism’: CNN Host Claims Dee Family Members ‘Killed in a Shootout’
Israeli Consulate reportedly to send letter
of complaint to CNN after host Christiane Amanpour implied that Jewish
shooting attack victims were also shooting.
By United with Israel staff
A CNN host last week claimed that members of the British-Israeli Dee family were “killed in a shootout.”
HonestReporting shared footage of CNN’s Christiane Amanpour
making the claim about mother Lucy Dee and daughters Rina and Maya. The
media watchdog noted, “A shootout is two sides firing at each other. A
mother and her two daughters were shot at close range by Palestinian
terrorists.”
According to The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta plans to send a letter of complaint to CNN.
The Post added that the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed it is working on the complaint after a source saw a draft of the letter.
The Dee mother and daughters were murdered over the Passover holiday
as they drove through the Jordan Valley and terrorists opened fire at
their car, shooting them over 20 times.
Rabbi Leo Dee, the father and husband of the murder victims, on Tuesday told HonestReporting that he demands an apology, according to The Jerusalem Post.
“This is the perfect example of ‘terror journalism,’ where you have
moral equivalence between the terrorist and victim,” Dee said, according
to The Post.
“This type of journalism perpetuates the conflict in the Middle
East,” he added. “The real cycle of violence is a comment like this
followed by a terrorist atrocity and then more of the same.”
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