CNN accused of publishing antisemitic cartoon: 'Flirts with ancient blood libel'
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CAMERA, a media watchdog group, accused CNN of purposefully publishing a cartoon featuring antisemitic tropes in a piece about an Israeli artist.
A cartoon created by Rozanov under the name "Mysh" and published by CNN depicted a Jewish Passover dinner with bubble text in Hebrew that reads, "We are free people," as the room they’re dining in appears to be surrounded by a sea of blood. Brian Flood is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to brian.flood@fox.com and on Twitter: @briansflood.
"If CNN needs to flirt with antisemitic tropes in order to report on controversial Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, what does that say about the network?" CAMERA research analyst David Litman asked, noting, "Salman seemed to go out of her way to not just include ahistorical swipes at the Jewish state, but also – in borrowing from centuries of antisemitic blood libels – associate the holiday of Passover with Jews benefiting from the shedding of blood of non-Jews."