The CNN network fired contributor Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday amid a swirling controversy over anti-Israel comments he made the previous day at a United Nations event.
The cable news channel’s firing of the 39-year-old Hill — who is a professor of media studies and urban education at Temple University — was first reported by the Mediaite news site.
“Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN,” Mediaite quoted a CNN spokesperson as saying.
Temple University told The Algemeiner in a statement, “Marc Lamont Hill has been quoted extensively over the last 24 hours. Marc Lamont Hill does not represent Temple University and his views are his own. However, we acknowledge that he has a constitutionally protected right to express his opinion as a private citizen.”
Israel’s Consul General in New York, Ambassador Dani Dayan, welcomed the news of Hill’s dismissal. “I welcome CNN’s decision today to end Marc Lamont Hill’s association with their network,” he said in a statement.
Dayan also called for “Americans to stand strong against the dangerous anti-Semitic idea that Jews cannot legitimately live as a free people in their homeland. Anti-Semitism and dangerous political extremism cannot be allowed to become mainstream.”
In his remarks on Wednesday, Hill called for a “free Palestine from the river to the sea” — implying the elimination of Israel.
Hill also endorsed the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, and said, “We must promote nonviolence at every opportunity, but cannot endorse narrow politics that shames Palestinians for resisting, for refusing to do nothing in ethnic cleansing.”
With a long history of anti-Israel statements, Hill most recently drew condemnation from Jewish groups over his continued support of antisemitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
Two years ago, as reported by The Algemeiner, Hill urged his Twitter followers to support the crowdfunding campaign of a Palestinian terrorist who carried out a bombing in Jerusalem nearly five decades ago.
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I don’t get why people are upset ABOUT HIM GETTING FIRED. (I DO get why people are upset at what Mr. Hill says on Fox; I, too, feel that what Mr. Hill says is upsetting!) If you knew me, you’d certainly not call me a “liberal” OR “stupid” OR a “moron.” And, for the record, I, too, have hoped for a very long time, that one day that” liberalism will finally leave the world.” I am saying above that those who are upset that this guy was fired should remember that this guy has not lost his freedom of speech… Read more »
CNN THANK YOU FOR GETTING RID OF THIS TROUBLE MAKER
Typical liberal stupid comment.
You cant call for the destruction of a nation and call it under freedom of speech. Calling you a moron is freedom of speech, but i dont want to call people names. Hopefully 1 day this liberalism will finally leave the world
Since when is any media outlet required to retain employees who are found to be too offensive?
There are tons of other outlets for this fired commentator. He has every bit as much freedom of speech as anyone else in America.
Besides, I’m sure some brains-fell-out-from-openmindedness media outlet will add him to their roster.
This ouster will probably BOOST his career!
Corrupted Money. !!! Can he now, come out of his mess ????!!!!
If “THE LEFT” stereotyped black men with regard to crime, the way the left stereotypes the police for incidents of police brutality, we would be calling the left racists and ignant.