Adeel Raja, a freelance contributor for CNN, has come under fire after tweeting Sunday The world needs a Hitler. It is just the latest of his anti-Semitic tweets over the years.
Imran Khan s right-hand man apologises after supporting CNN contributor in row over The world today needs a Hitler tweet
CNN reporter Adeel Raja was fired after tweeting that the world needs a new Hitler amid fighting between Israel and Hamas
Mirza Shahzad Akbar, a Pakistani politician and top adviser to Imran Khan, said Akbar s sacking was a blow to impartial journalism
His remarks prompted a fierce backlash from critics, forcing him to apologise
Fighting between Israel and Hamas has killed at least 211 people in the last week
Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen discusses the unrest in the Middle East and reacts to CNN firing a freelancer for saying the world needs a Hitler.
Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen slammed CNN Monday over the liberal network s response to revelations one of their freelance writers, Adeel Raja, had praised former leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler on social media.
Thiessen questioned CNN s judgement on its associations while appearing on America s Newsroom, telling hosts Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino, You d think they d do better due diligence. A writer, apparently a freelance contributor as it’s described, gentleman by the name of Adeel Raja. I don’t know if you’ve heard of him. I have not. He apparently sent out a number of tweets. Here s one of them: ‘The world today needs a Hitler,’ Hemmer began.
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Sarah Topsy Masefield still hits the gym three times a week, just after turning 100 years old. “When I come back home, I feel virtuous.” The centenarian, who is also known as Topsy, took up Gold Fit at 96 with daughters Glynne Newton and Kerrie Waite. The oldest member of the class, she was awarded a lifetime gym membership to mark her 100th birthday.
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Centenarian Sarah Topsy Masefield pumps weights in her Gold Fit class. Masefield was born on April 9 on a Welsh farm to a mother stricken with tuberculosis. “I was a sickly child with runny eyes, which were always stuck up,” she said.