{
  "id": 15472087,
  "title": "CBS News’ Jan Crawford Apologizes for Anti-Abdul El-Sayed Tweet That Broke News Standards",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/cbs-news-jan-crawford-apologizes-for-anti-abdul-el-sayed-tweet-that",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-18T19:01:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/cbs-news-jan-crawford-apologizes-for-anti-abdul-el-sayed-tweet-that-broke-news-standards/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford from CBS News publicly apologized on Sunday morning for a previously deleted tweet that violated the network's news standards. The tweet, which shared a video from Abdul El-Sayed's town hall, was removed due to the network's standards being breached. In her apology, Crawford expressed regret for her actions. The deleted post featured a video of a question posed by an attendee, referred to as \"Tommy\", who asked El-Sayed to distance himself from the Muslim Brotherhood. Crawford's response to Tommy praised his question and El-Sayed's subsequent response, describing it as a \"spectacular self-own\" and a \"nicely timed\" moment. The full interaction between Tommy and El-Sayed can be viewed in the video post he shared. Crawford is CBS News' chief legal correspondent and also contributes to various CBS programs including \"CBS Evening News\", \"CBS Mornings\", \"Face the Nation\", CBS News Radio, and CBSNews.com.",
  "summary": "The chief legal correspondent described remarks from the Michigan senatorial candidate as a \"spectacular self-own\" The post CBS News’ Jan Crawford Apologizes for Anti-Abdul El-Sayed Tweet That Broke News Standards appeared first on TheWrap .",
  "key_points": [
    "CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford apologized for violating network standards.",
    "Tweet featured video of attendee Tommy questioning Abdul El-Sayed about the Muslim Brotherhood.",
    "Crawford praised Tommy's question and El-Sayed's response as a \"spectacular self-own\"."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}