CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour apologized Monday after claiming that Israeli hostages freed from Hamas captivity were “treated better” than Gazans — remarks that provoked furious backlash from Israel supporters.
The widower of legendary corporate gadfly Evelyn Y. Davis is calling on Warner Bros. Discovery’s chief David Zaslav to fire CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour over her “antisemitic” claim that Israel i hostages were “treated better” than Gazans — saying her apology last week is “not enough.
” Taking a page from his late wife’s playbook, Patterson, a WBD investor, sent a sharply worded letter to Zaslav on Monday demanding Amanpour’s dismissal. “As a stockholder in WBD, I urge you to fire Christiane Amanpour for her antisemitic statement that Israeli hostages were treated better than average Gazans,” the investor wrote in the letter obtained by The Post.“This is an outrage to American and Israeli heroes who are fighting a war against Hamas and other terrorists. It is an outrage to Holocaust survivors and their families. Fire Amanpour to prove you disagree with her vile statements.” Amanpour told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that the hostages “were probably being treated better than the average Gazan, because they are the pawns and the chips that Hamas had.”'60 Minutes' senior staffers stunned to silence after Bari Weiss asked blunt question“From speaking to many former hostages and their families, like everyone I’ve been horrified at what Hamas has subjected them to over two long years,” she said, recounting their accounts of starvation, beatings and years spent in underground tunnels.James Patterson fired off a letter to WBD CEO David Zaslav.He accused the veteran correspondent of “promoting hatred for Jews” and “damaging CNN’s brand beyond repair.”“She’s done it before. How much hate will Zaslav allow her to broadcast?” He added: “She is promoting the view that the terrorists who committed and supported the Oct. 7 attacks are innocent victims. This is a lie.”Earlier live on air, I spoke about what a day of real joy this is, for Israeli families whose loved ones are finally being returned from two years of horrific Hamas captivity, and for civilians in Gaza, who have finally had a reprieve from two years of brutal, deadly war.Patterson said he owns about 300 shares of Warner Bros. Discovery stock and has written to Zaslav in the past urging him to sell CNN.“My late wife was a Holocaust survivor,” the investor wrote. “Amanpour’s repeated antisemitic statements are cause for her immediate dismissal.”“If he wants a lesson in courage, I suggest he read about my late wife Evelyn Y. Davis,” Patterson told The Post.Davis spent more than five decades confronting CEOs at shareholder meetings to demand transparency and accountability. Known for her flamboyant outfits and relentless questioning, she helped push reforms in corporate governance before her death in 2018 at age 89. In a June 2023 letter, Patterson called Amanpour a “disgrace” for equating Israeli victims with Palestinian attackers during a broadcast and accused the network of bias against Jews.shot dead by Palestinian gunmen near a highway junction in the Jordan Valley. Lucy Dee and her daughters Rina, 15, and Maia Dee, 20, had immigrated from the UK to a Jewish settlement in the West Bank.The perpetrators were later tracked down and killed by Israeli security forces. Hamas, the terrorist group, claimed responsibility and described the attack as retaliation for Israeli actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.that she “never hear myself being called ‘partisan'” and that she “tell the truth and the stories from around the world.Who won final NYC mayoral debate: Post panelists weigh inKristen Bell faces backlash for ‘tone-deaf’ anniversary post to husband Dax ShepardJames Patterson fired off a letter to WBD CEO David Zaslav.
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