« Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN, » network says in a statement after the Temple University professor endorsed Palestinian violence
CNN has officially fired Marc Lamont Hill as a contributor, the channel announced in a brief statement on Thursday after Hill told an audience at the United Nations that he supported violent Palestinian “resistance” to Israel.
“Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN,” said the network after refusing to respond to multiple inquires about the matter on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.
Hill, a longtime critic of Israel and supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign, spoke at the United Nations on Wednesday, where he also echoed Hamas talking points calling for a Palestine “from the river to the sea.
