Casablanca - Diana Magnay, an international correspondent for the American Cable News Network (CNN) has officially been reassigned from reporting any further on the Gaza offensive due to an inappropriate tweet that insulted certain Israelis as “scum” after they allegedly harassed and intimidated her and her crew during a live shoot.
Casablanca – Diana Magnay, an international correspondent for the American Cable News Network (CNN) has officially been reassigned from reporting any further on the Gaza offensive due to an inappropriate tweet that insulted certain Israelis as “scum” after they allegedly harassed and intimidated her and her crew during a live shoot.
During a live shoot, CNN’s correspondent Diana Magnay reported on the ongoing clashes between Israelis and Palestinians as surrounding Israelis harassed her and her crew during the coverage.
While Ms. Magnay reported live, missiles were fired at Gaza and could be seen in the background of the shot. Israelis standing nearby could be heard noisily celebrating whenever the missiles landed causing casualties and destruction in Gaza.
Immediately, after the live shoot, CNN’s reporter made her outrage about the incident public on Twitter.
In her tweet, she wrote the following: “Israelis on hill above Sderot cheer as bombs land on #Gaza; threaten to ‘destroy our car if I say a word wrong.’ Scum.”
Although, her tweet was quickly deleted, her message had already been retweeted more than 200 times.
According to a CNN spokeswoman in a statement to The Huffington Post, “After being threatened and harassed before and during a live shot, Diana reacted angrily on Twitter.”
She added, “She deeply regrets the language used, which was aimed directly at those who had been targeting our crew. She certainly meant no offense to anyone beyond that group, and she and CNN apologize for any offense that may have been taken.”
Magnay has now been reassigned to report on Moscow.
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