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2010-07-07 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by gorb 2010-07-07 03:03|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 There's more on this subject over at Michael Totten's blog if anyone is interested.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-07-07 03:22|| 2010-07-07 03:22|| Front Page Top

#2 "Breaking: CNNs Octavia Nasr Leaving Network After Controversial Tweet" She's toast, according to Medialite.com

Posted by Big Thruger4575 2010-07-07 16:52|| 2010-07-07 16:52|| Front Page Top

#3 HotAir:
The memo from Parisa Khosravi, senior VP of their International unit, makes it clear that this was no resignation:

I had a conversation with Octavia this morning and I want to share with you that we have decided that she will be leaving the company. As you know, her tweet over the weekend created a wide reaction. As she has stated in her blog on CNN.com, she fully accepts that she should not have made such a simplistic comment without any context whatsoever. However, at this point, we believe that her credibility in her position as senior editor for Middle Eastern affairs has been compromised going forward.

Posted by Frank G 2010-07-07 17:38|| 2010-07-07 17:38|| Front Page Top

#4 context, yeah, that was the problem

Posted by Frank G 2010-07-07 17:38|| 2010-07-07 17:38|| Front Page Top

#5 For a senior editor for an international news organization she doesn't seem all that bright.
Most people that have Twitter accounts...shouldn't.

Posted by tu3031 2010-07-07 17:49|| 2010-07-07 17:49|| Front Page Top

#6 D *** NG IT, is that you TAVIA?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-07-07 19:41|| 2010-07-07 19:41|| Front Page Top

#7 sadly for Octavia, her pro Hezbollah views may make her unsuitable for employment by Al Jazeera or Al Arabiya

however, Press TV of Iran may have an opening is she is willing to dress properly, etc.

Posted by lord garth 2010-07-07 19:46|| 2010-07-07 19:46|| Front Page Top

#8 She's getting a lot of tweets supporting her and condemning CNN as hypocrites.

Who knew so many Mooselimbs were twits?

Posted by Sleque Barnsmell1141 2010-07-07 21:44|| 2010-07-07 21:44|| Front Page Top

#9 yeah, that's what I want on my career epitaph: "many tweets supported him"

another reason to support cremation

Posted by Frank G 2010-07-07 22:20|| 2010-07-07 22:20|| Front Page Top

#10 However, at this point, we believe that her credibility in her position as senior editor for Middle Eastern affairs has been compromised going forward.

Just forward? How about everything she's done in the past, too? Is that somehow magically exempt?

One more nail in the coffin.

Posted by gorb 2010-07-07 22:46|| 2010-07-07 22:46|| Front Page Top

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