CNN staffers allege network has ‘systemic and institutional’ pro-Israel bias: report

CNN is facing backlash from some of its own staffers who allege there is “a systemic and institutional bias within the network toward Israel,” according to a report.

CNN’s daily news coverage of the Israel-Hamas war is guided by a strict set of directives that include restrictions on quoting Hamas and other Palestinian perspectives, according UK news outlet The Guardian.

Meanwhile, staffers gripe that statements from the Israeli government are taken at face value, according to the outlet, which cited accounts from six CNN newsrooms in the US and abroad, as well as internal memos and emails.

“We fundamentally reject the notion that our coverage of the aftermath of the October 7th attacks has been anything other than fair,” a CNN spokesperson said in a statement to The Post.

“We have vigorously pursued voices from Gaza and the Palestinian perspective, in addition to Israeli voices, throughout the last four months, including from Hamas.”

The spokesperson added that the network’s “internal processes reflect our commitment to accuracy alone, and we have led industry-wide calls for access to Gaza to report from inside the enclave.”