When social media & culture collide - CNN Fires Editor After Hezbollah Twitter Message

[Kevin Spidel]

CNN on Wednesday removed its senior editor of Middle Eastern affairs, Octavia Nasr, after she published a Twitter message saying that she respected the Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.

Original story: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/business/media/08cnn.html

[Posteritatis]

1. Interesting bit at the end of the article..

Despite her senior editor title, Ms. Nasr did not run CNN’s Middle East coverage, a spokesman said. She reported and provided analysis about the region for CNN’s networks.

Wonder what was up there?

[Kevin Spidel]

2. like the daily show...

everyone on camera is a "senior"