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jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 02:01 PM Jul 2014

NBC Pulls Ayman Mohyeldin From Gaza Despite Powerful Reporting

Ayman Mohyeldin, an NBC News journalist whose powerful reporting from Gaza has drawn widespread praise, has been pulled out of the region, Glenn Greenwald reported on Thursday.

NBC told Greenwald that Mohyeldin, who has been replaced by the network's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, was removed from the story due to "security concerns."

Greenwald's report follows a similar one from TV Newser, which wrote on Wednesday night that staffers inside the network were unhappy that Engel had fronted an "NBC Nightly News" segment on the killing of four children on a Gaza beach, despite the fact that Mohyeldin had actually witnessed the strike that killed the children and had been transmitting harrowing and moving footage from its aftermath for hours.

Mohyeldin, who has many years of experience covering the region, has been providing some of the most up-close and vivid reporting from Gaza and Israel in the weeks since violence broke out there. His coverage of the conflict was singled out by Baltimore Sun critic David Zurawik on Thursday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/ayman-mohyeldin-pulled-gaza-nbc_n_5595989.html


https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/17/nbc-removes-ayman-mohyeldin-gaza-coverage-witnesses-israeli-beach-killing-four-boys/
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NBC Pulls Ayman Mohyeldin From Gaza Despite Powerful Reporting (Original Post) jakeXT Jul 2014 OP
"Despite" or "due to" powerful reporting? arcane1 Jul 2014 #1
Exactly! FiveGoodMen Jul 2014 #3
He must've been practicing journalism. FourScore Jul 2014 #2
That was chilling yesterday flamingdem Jul 2014 #4

flamingdem

(39,954 posts)
4. That was chilling yesterday
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 06:56 PM
Jul 2014

He really kept his cool and his objectivity. Considering all of that I hope that at least part of the reason is for his security. He certainly did (more) than his job yesterday.

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