Washington:
US news channel CNN has fired a senior editor for middle East news after she published a Twitter message that said she respected a Lebanese Shiite cleric branded a terrorist by the US, media said on Thursday.
The Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, one of Shiite Islam's highest religious authorities and a mentor of the militant group Hezbollah, died in Beirut on Sunday.
Octavia Nasr, a 20-year CNN veteran based in Atlanta, wrote on Twitter: "Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah .... One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot," the New York Times reported. Fadlallah was a supporter of Iran's Islamic Revolution and one of the first backers of the Iraqi Dawa Party of prime minister Nuri al-Maliki.
CNN officials become aware of Nasr's message on Monday, and a spokesman said on Tuesday that it was an "error of judgment" on her part, the Times reported. It did not meet CNN's editorial standards. This is a serious matter and will be dealt with accordingly,." the spokesman said.
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