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CNN anchor apologizes for saying freed Israeli hostages were 'treated better' than Gazans (nypost.com)

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CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour apologized Monday after claiming that Israeli hostages freed from Hamas captivity were “treated better” than Gazans — remarks that provoked furious backlash from Israel supporters.

The longtime international correspondent retracted her statement on air just hours after Hamas released the final 20 living hostages under a cease-fire agreement brokered by the United States and Egypt.

Amanpour’s mea culpa came after she earlier told CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins that the hostages “were probably being treated better than the average Gazan, because they are the pawns and the chips that Hamas had.”

“That was insensitive, and it was wrong,” Amanpour said during a broadcast on Monday.

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[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure since she was referring to massacred Gazans, the still living and now returned hostages did indeed have it better. But of course the billionaire news network owners can’t have her speaking truth to power. Fuck CNN.