CBS News Spins El-Sayed’s 9/11 Tweets Into a Manufactured Anti-Muslim Scandal
Centrist Democrats opened the door for anti-Muslim attacks on their party’s nominee in Michigan — finding common cause with right-wing bigots. The post CBS News Spins El-Sayed’s 9/11 Tweets Into a Manufactured Anti-Muslim Scandal appeared first on The Intercept .
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed faced allegations of anti-Muslim sentiment after deleting tweets about the 9/11 attacks, according to CBS News reporter Zak Hudak. The tweets were reportedly a concern for CBS News correspondent Bari Weiss, who championed the story and its headline at a newsroom meeting. Critics argue the story is a manufactured anti-Muslim scandal, as El-Sayed's tweets were deleted to prevent them from being taken out of context.
CBS News did not mention that some of the tweets compared the Covid-19 death toll to the 9/11 attacks. Weiss's guidance led to a racist framing of El-Sayed, tapping into a long-standing bipartisan tradition of Muslim dehumanization. Despite growing opposition to Israel's war in Gaza, CBS News's approach to El-Sayed's tweets has fallen flat with the Democratic base, who are more focused on affordability and opposing Trump.
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