{
  "id": 18286029,
  "title": "Sky News Stands by Journalist Following Heated Exchange With Abdul El-Sayed: ‘We’re Proud of Our Correspondent, Who Was Doing His Job’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/sky-news-stands-by-journalist-following-heated-exchange-with-abdul-el",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-05T10:06:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/sky-news-james-matthews-abdul-el-sayed-proud-1236940080/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sky News has said it is “proud” of U.S. correspondent James Matthews following his heated exchange with newly-elected Senator Abdul El-Sayed, telling Variety the journalist “was doing his job.” A clip of the two men talking over each other, believed to have been filmed outside a polling station in Michigan on Tuesday, went viral this […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Abdul El-Sayed’s Heated Exchange With Sky News Reporter Goes Viral & Is Denounced As “Pathetic”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/abdul-el-sayeds-heated-exchange-with-sky-news-reporter-goes-viral-is",
        "published": "2026-11-04T12:59:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}