Courtesy of CNN:CNN's Jeffrey Lord tweets "Sieg Heil!" https://t.co/S67s2vQj2D http://pic.twitter.com/LFPQW4pxJV— Media Matters (@mmfa) August 10, 2017
CNN severed ties with Jeffrey Lord on Thursday, hours after he ignited controversy by tweeting the words "Sieg Heil!" at a prominent liberal activist.
"Nazi salutes are indefensible," a CNN spokesperson said in a statement. "Jeffrey Lord is no longer with the network."
Lord said his tweet was misunderstood. He said he was mocking fascists, not acting like one.
"I love CNN, but I feel they are caving to bullies here," he said in a telephone interview shortly after the network's decision was announced.
Lord said his contract was set to expire at the end of the year. He said he greatly respected CNN management despite disagreeing with the decision.
There's somebody hoping to get rehired at some point.
You know to be honest I am a little torn on this topic.
On the one hand it really does appear that Lord was being ironic by tweeting that out, but on the other hand CNN should really be finding any reason available for cleaning out all of the Trump supporters they decided to hire during the campaign and after the election.
I assume they believed it would make them seem balanced, but unless they were looking to establish some balance between sane and insane, or reality vs fantasy, I am not at all convinced they achieved anything except to damage their journalistic credibility.
These people are sycophants and they contribute nothing except pro-Trump propaganda and public displays of ass kissing.
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