It happened again. On Sunday, now-former CNN freelance contributor out of Pakistan Adeel Raja tweeted out that “the world today needs a Hitler,” in response to the conflict between Israel and Hamas. It took CNN’s communications boss Matt Dornic several hours to respond to the growing outrage and criticism on social media. And the incident harkened back to 2019 when a CNN photo editor was fired after praising how “4 jewish [sic] pigs” were killed in Jerusalem by Hamas.
Raja’s now-deleted tweet started making the rounds shortly after it was posted Sunday afternoon. Twitter sleuths and conservative media types immediately started searching through his older tweets for other messages with similar themes. And boy did they dredge up a lot of nasty stuff.
The Daily Caller’s social media guru (and former NewsBusters intern) Greg Price aggregated some of Raja’s really abhorrent comments. Including: “Hail Hitler!” and “The only reason I am supporting Germany in the finals is – Hitler was a German and he did good with those jews [sic]!” Both of those tweets were put out in 2014.
This guy has 54 articles under his byline at CNN. They should probably fire whoever does their background checks. pic.twitter.com/yNr7iT29nD
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 16, 2021
“This guy has 54 articles under his byline at CNN. They should probably fire whoever does their background checks,” Price tweeted. And those articles date back to the start of 2014, which meant CNN had been relying on the guy for over seven years.
It wasn’t until much later in the night that Dornic first responded to critics on social media. “Adeel Raja has never been a CNN employee. As a freelancer, his reporting contributed to some newsgathering efforts from Islamabad. However, in light of these abhorrent statements, he will not be working with CNN again in any capacity,” he wrote.
Adeel Raja has never been a CNN employee. As a freelancer, his reporting contributed to some newsgathering efforts from Islamabad. However, in light of these abhorrent statements, he will not be working with CNN again in any capacity.
— Matt Dornic (@mdornic) May 17, 2021
That’s a far cry from what Dornic told the Washington Examiner earlier in the day. According to the paper’s Jake Dima, “After originally saying he ‘never heard of’ Raja, Matt Dornic, a spokesman for CNN, told the Washington Examiner that the journalist would no longer be allowed to work with CNN in the future.”
Dima also noted another disturbing tweet from the anti-Semitic reporter:
Raja, who appears to be an ally of Palestine during the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, has shared several opinions on the matter via Twitter in recent days. On Saturday, he tweeted, “What the Jews are doing in Palestine is similar to what Indian Hindus are doing in Occupied Kashmir. Same tactics.”
CNN’s official public relations Twitter account has yet to post a comment about this situation. And Twitter still has Raja verified.
Unfortunately, this wasn’t the first time a CNNer from the Middle East had spewed vile anti-Semitism. As NewsBusters reported in 2019, a photo editor named Mohammed Elshamy was fired after tweets from 2011 showed him celebrating the deaths of “4 jewish [sic] pigs” who were killed by Hamas. “HAMAS HAMAS HAMAS #Anti-Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Hamas,” another tweet cheered.
There seems to a pattern of lurking anti-Semitism that the network refused to root out. This is CNN.
There is no comment for this kind of evil and hate.
Bring that devil, we would love to see him again!
Stupidity on this level should not even be printed. ‘Free-lance’ for CNN ???What else would we expect from this ‘joke of a news media’ ???
We need a Hitler to rid the world of liberal morons.
Hitler had Jewish roots.
adeel raja is dense.
It is nice to be in a muslim run country, and spout off about killing Jews. Raja should join Hamas and lead the next raid on Israel. Hey Raja, make sure you shoot at the Israeli solders to get their attention, then yell at them about needing a new Hitler to kill all of them.
Iran is the new Hitler.And guess who is getting friendly with Iran and not lifting a finger for a Israel.Yes,your right,the Biden administration.No surprise here.So,you all that voted for him,One question,How do like him now?Stupid liberals
As offensive & ignorant as CNN can be, any connection with this Raja bozo takes the cake.
Maybe what we really need is another Patten, to kill Adeel Raja!!?
People like him are a waste of oxygen, and doesn’t deserve to breathe!
What rational person would consider should an idea.
I thought we kilked the nazi s in ww 2 . Guess we missed a few . Looks like they should start killing the nazis at cnn and save the world once again . Funny how our country and the world went to hell right after the delusional democrats took over with voters fraud . Looks like History didn’t teach the snowflakes nothing about the delusional democrats ways of order . Only after its to late they cry for justice . Good job … dumb ass’s
Today’s democrat party is more like the Germany NAZI party than most people realize. I’m sure there are several democrats that would have no problem if millions of Jews were murdered.
Absolutely correct. I’m just not quite sure whether we are headed for Fascism, NAZI or Communism. It could be any of those.
Unfortunately, the hate the world knows towards others with different views is not going to subside. Without more intelligence gathering, shoring up military strength, REFUNDING police, the vile rhetoric and actions in the USA and globally will continue to metastasize out-of-control. The current administration in Washington and many states is establishing a fascist state and mindset to control the populous. It is absolutely disgusting to watch what has happened to the structure of our country in several aspects all in the course of 4 MONTHS. Where is the nationwide outrage over this. Where are WE THE PEOPLE out in massive protest against this?????
YOUR MOST TRUSTED NEWS SOURCE…For Propaganda and Hate Speech.
Must be one of Rashida Tlaib’s and Ilhan Omar’s friends.
Why hasn’t Twitter pulled his account yet?
Talk about Twitter showing a bit if bias in their algorithm’s and staff monitoring for hate speech and violence.
RATASS forgets that hitler was an Austrian Jew who hated his parents
From the sound of what is going on in the AOC and idiots department, Omar in particular, the demon-crats have become Muslim hate ridden Hitler lovers.
You can tell that she is Muslim buy her name. Jews are God’s chosen people. I think you are a big fool for even thinking that. SHAME ON YOU!
Donna