{"id":515761,"date":"2021-05-16T21:50:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T01:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=515761"},"modified":"2021-05-16T21:51:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T01:51:02","slug":"cnn-faces-backlash-over-contributors-pro-hitler-tweets-he-did-good-with-those-jews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-faces-backlash-over-contributors-pro-hitler-tweets-he-did-good-with-those-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Faces Backlash Over Contributor\u2019s Pro-Hitler Tweets: \u2018He Did Good With Those Jews!\u2019"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fcnn-faces-backlash-over-contributors-pro-hitler-tweets-he-did-good-with-those-jews%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=515761&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CNN-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>CNN is facing backlash over a contributor\u2019s tweets over the weekend that show the writer making positive remarks about Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler because of what Hitler did to Jews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdeel Raja, who lists himself as a \u2018Freelance Contributor at CNN\u2019 on his LinkedIn profile, appears to have published several articles for CNN\u2019s webpage,\u201d The Washington Examiner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/journalist-adeel-raja-world-needs-hitler-tweet-cnn\">reported<\/a>. \u201cAccording to the LinkedIn profile, Raja has held the position from August 2013 until the present day. His most recent byline for the outlet appears to have been from Sept. 16, 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A review of Raja\u2019s Twitter account <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/H8iWP\">shows<\/a> that he linked to the articles he wrote on CNN, and took credit for writing them. A spokesperson for CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/journalist-adeel-raja-world-needs-hitler-tweet-cnn\">said<\/a> that they had \u201cnever heard of him\u201d and that they were \u201clooking into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Raja wrote in a now-deleted tweet: \u201cThe world today needs a Hitler.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late last week, Raja responded to a tweet from former Vice President Mike Pence, which stated: \u201cAmerica stands with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raja tweeted: \u201cA history of creating terrorists and standing with them!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.6666666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A history of creating terrorists and standing with them! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U36Kl1DDKh\">https:\/\/t.co\/U36Kl1DDKh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adeel Raja (@adeelraja) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adeelraja\/status\/1392928297537974286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Raja wrote, \u201cThe only reason I am supporting Germany in the finals \u2013 Hitler was a German and he did good with those Jews!\u201d The next day Raja wrote: \u201cHail Hitler!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unearthing of Raja\u2019s controversial comments come amid the\u00a0escalating violence between Israel and the militant group Hamas in the Middle East., which is at its most violent since the 2014 Gaza War,\u201d Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-adeel-raja-says-world-today-needs-a-hitler\">reported<\/a>. \u201cPalestinian militants have fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, the majority of which have been intercepted by Israel\u2019s \u201cIron Dome\u201d missile defense system. Israel has also responded with a series of airstrikes, which have\u00a0taken out some of Hamas\u2019 senior leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN is facing backlash over a contributor\u2019s tweets over the weekend that show the writer making positive remarks about Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler because of what Hitler did to Jews.\u201cAdeel &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278276,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CNN-scaled.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"CNN Faces Backlash Over Contributor\u2019s Pro-Hitler Tweets: \u2018He Did Good With Those Jews!\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-515761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CNN-scaled.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"CNN Faces Backlash Over Contributor\u2019s Pro-Hitler Tweets: \u2018He Did Good With Those Jews!\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}