Ed Morrissey
Role at the time: HotAir editor and political commentator
Condemned
Statement summary
In a HotAir post about CBS News, Morrissey says the question is why CBS and other mainstream reporters are not embarrassed at showing no interest in a story about a Senate candidate who, in his words, "supports and is supported by foreign terrorist organizations."
“The question here shouldn't be whether Weiss has the authority to hand out investigative reporting assignments. It should be why CBS News reporters, and reporters from all of the rest of the mainstream media, aren't embarrassed that they have shown zero interest in a story where a Senate candidate supports and is supported by foreign terrorist organizations.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Morrissey argues El-Sayed's financial relationships deserve investigationFinancial-links list and concluding assessment of news coverage
Why we used this label
Relative to the allegation that El-Sayed's campaign takes money from terrorist-linked sources, Morrissey says El-Sayed is supported by foreign terrorist organizations and criticizes the media for ignoring it. He adopts the allegation in his own voice and uses it against El-Sayed, so the label matches Rogers's statements here. The label records his stance, not whether the claim is true.