CNN Boots Editor That Made Pro-Hezbollah Comments on Twitter

Two days ago CNN senior editor Octavia Nasr tweeted she was "Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah." Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah was a Hezbollah leader and terrorist. Fadlallah is believed by many to be responsible for the killing of 241 U.S. Marines during the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings. After two days and much negative publicity, CNN has given Octavia Nasr the boot.

Ms. Nasr left her CNN office in Atlanta on Wednesday. Parisa Khosravi, the senior vice president for CNN International Newsgathering, said in an internal memorandum that she "had a conversation" with Ms. Nasr on Wednesday morning and that "we have decided that she will be leaving the company." [...]

CNN officials became aware of her tweet on Monday, and a spokesman said Tuesday that it was an "error of judgment" on her part. "CNN regrets any offense her Twitter message caused. It did not meet CNN's editorial standards. This is a serious matter and will be dealt with accordingly," the spokesman said. Ms. Nasr apparently deleted the tweet at some point.

Here is a screen shot of the deleted tweet that cost Nasr her job.