NBC Pulls Ayman Mohyeldin From Gaza Despite Powerful Reporting

[jakeXT]

Ayman Mohyeldin, an NBC News journalist whose powerful reporting from Gaza has drawn widespread praise, has been pulled out of the region, Glenn Greenwald reported on Thursday.

NBC told Greenwald that Mohyeldin, who has been replaced by the network's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, was removed from the story due to "security concerns."

Greenwald's report follows a similar one from TV Newser, which wrote on Wednesday night that staffers inside the network were unhappy that Engel had fronted an "NBC Nightly News" segment on the killing of four children on a Gaza beach, despite the fact that Mohyeldin had actually witnessed the strike that killed the children and had been transmitting harrowing and moving footage from its aftermath for hours.

Mohyeldin, who has many years of experience covering the region, has been providing some of the most up-close and vivid reporting from Gaza and Israel in the weeks since violence broke out there. His coverage of the conflict was singled out by Baltimore Sun critic David Zurawik on Thursday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/ayman-mohyeldin-pulled-gaza-nbc_n_5595989.html

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/17/nbc-removes-ayman-mohyeldin-gaza-coverage-witnesses-israeli-beach-killing-four-boys/

[arcane1]

1. "Despite" or "due to" powerful reporting?

[FiveGoodMen]

3. Exactly!

[FourScore]

2. He must've been practicing journalism.

That's some scary shit to NBC.

[flamingdem]

4. That was chilling yesterday

He really kept his cool and his objectivity. Considering all of that I hope that at least part of the reason is for his security. He certainly did (more) than his job yesterday.