{"id":2688490,"date":"2026-10-20T15:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T19:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-journalist-forced-to-apologize-after-acknowledging-el-sayed-collapsed-under-audience-question-on-islam\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T15:59:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T19:59:01","slug":"cbs-journalist-forced-to-apologize-after-acknowledging-el-sayed-collapsed-under-audience-question-on-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-journalist-forced-to-apologize-after-acknowledging-el-sayed-collapsed-under-audience-question-on-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Journalist Forced to Apologize After Acknowledging El-Sayed Collapsed Under Audience Question on Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcbs-journalist-forced-to-apologize-after-acknowledging-el-sayed-collapsed-under-audience-question-on-islam%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2688490&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A CBS News correspondent had to delete a social media post after she praised a town hall audience member for asking Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed a tough question about his faith.<\/p>\n<p>During a campaign-organized town hall Saturday in Caro, Michigan, El-Sayed was asked if he\u2019d once and for all disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of forcefully disavowing and condemning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/caught-el-sayed-says-family-no-ties-muslim-brotherhood-sisters-devastating-tweets-surface\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muslim Brotherhood<\/a>, the Michigan Senate nominee proceeded to lecture the town hall audience member, a young man who identified himself only as Tommy, about how the U.S. Constitution allows American citizens \u201cto practice whatever faith we want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed later proudly d the clip of him berating Tommy to social media. The clip sharing prompted pushback from conservatives, who accused him of trying to distract from what they described as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-even-morning-joe-couldnt-help-call-abdul-el-sayed-disingenuous-attempt-dismiss-radical-connections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his radical beliefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his. https:\/\/t.co\/p09eMtsh0x<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AbdulElSayed\/status\/2111627277578731885?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Among El-Sayed\u2019s initial round of critics was chief CBS News legal correspondent Jan Crawford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTommy, thank you,\u201d she wrote in a since-deleted post published to the social media site X, as reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/19\/media\/cbs-news-correspondent-apologizes-deletes-post-praising-heckler-who-questioned-el-sayed-on-muslim-brotherhood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>. \u201cI had to watch this twice to catch Dr. Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s nanosecond \u2018yeah absolutely\u2019 response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis subsequent uninterrupted three-minute diatribe proving your exact point is the kind of spectacular self-own most ppl only dream about triggering,\u201d she added. \u201cCongrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, despite there being numerous examples of media reporters openly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/reporters-praise-student-writing-kill-cops-f-white-people\/?ff_source=redirect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressing their opinions<\/a>\u00a0without issue, particularly their anti-GOP and pro-Democrat opinions, for some reason Crawford\u2019s spurred severe backlash, with a number of notable media figures demanding she be fired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, even @CBSNews has to fire this legal correspondent, @JanCBS after this blatant politically editorial post,\u201d Keith Olbermann <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KeithOlbermann\/status\/2111785855484665923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It appears this from CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford has been deleted. https:\/\/t.co\/rmNCtqogDA<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Nover (@ScottNover) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScottNover\/status\/2111857450345246984?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In response, Crawford deleted her original post and published an update apologizing to what some might categorize as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/danica-patrick-claps-back-cancel-culture-mob-slamming-attending-conservative-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancel culture mob<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier, I tweeted a video from an Abdul El-Sayed town hall,\u201d her update read. \u201cI deleted that because it was a violation of CBS News standards. I apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The update has since attracted thousands of scathing comments \u2014 mostly from members of the left, attacking her for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-el-sayed-visibly-stunned-nbc-turns-screws-muslim-brotherhood-connection-forces-answer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critiquing El-Sayed<\/a>, and some from members of the right attacking her for backing down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Earlier, I tweeted a video from an Abdul El-Sayed town hall. I deleted that because it was a violation of CBS News standards. I apologize.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jan Crawford (@JanCBS) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JanCBS\/status\/2111865681658687737?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Like the initial round of criticism, much of the second round of backlash aimed at Crawford appeared to come from her fellow reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo Jan \u2013 you got caught red handed trying to help prop up a paid GOP operative who was there to spread false, racist lies about Abdul because he is Muslim,\u201d Karen Finney of CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/finneyk\/status\/2111872034091249735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X. \u201cShame on you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finney made headlines in 2023 when she was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hot-mic-catches-cnn-employees-tantrum-kevin-mccarthy-remarks-1-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught on a hot mic<\/a> making disparaging remarks about then-House Speaker nominee Kevin McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>Mehdi Hasan, who writes columns for The Guardian, also took a shot at her by impugning her journalism bona fides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe doesn\u2019t say she deleted it because it was wrong, or she got it wrong, but only because she had to for corporate\/employment reasons,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mehdirhasan\/status\/2111881805741867085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Glenn Greenwald, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who\u2019s openly left-wing but sometimes sides with the right, remarked on Crawford\u2019s honesty, though he did so in a backhanded way:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s way better when journalists admit their extreme political biases \u2014 like Jan Crawford Greenburg\u2019s devotion to Israel \u2014 rather than being forced to delete. her strongly held political views in order to maintain the farce and fraud of \u201cobjectivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/2111876160380395865?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Crawford also received praise from a number of conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a great tweet. 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