FOX NEWS PRODUCERS QUIT OVER COVERAGE

Two freelance Producers have resigned from Fox News in a protest against the networks coverage.

Serene Sabbagh and Jomana Karadshesh, based in Amman, Jordan have, in a resignation letter dated July 31, slammed the Fox News Network’s biased coverage of the conflict in Lebanon.

In the joint resignation letter which was posted to news organisations all over the world, Sabbagh and Karadshesh explain “that they no longer work with a news organization that claims to be fair and balanced when you (sic) are so far from that”.

The letter also goes onto describe the network as “an instrument of the Bush White House and Israeli propaganda” as well as describing the FOX News as “war mongers with no sense of decency or professionalism”

Sabbagh told Democracy Now on the 16 August that “after three years and watching their coverage I thought I could change things here”. They said they hoped that the network “would develop a degree of respect to people in this part of the world."

Sabbagh described the coverage of Lebanon as featuring bias, slant, racist remarks, as well as including the word “we” when talking about Israel.

But admits the breaking point came with network anchors saying Hezbollah were using civilian children as human shields.

“One of the anchors went as far as saying they were planted there by Hezbollah to win support in this war. And it was unbelievable. For me, that was the breaking point, and this is when I decided, me and my colleague Jomana, to hand in our resignation,” Sabbagh said.

Serene Sabbagh is a freelance producer who has worked with CNN, ABC News, Al Jazeera as well as Fox News. Jomana Karadshesh is also a freelance producer who has worked as the Jordanian based producer as well as being the producer for Saddam Hussein’s trial coverage on FOX. Karadshesh has also worked for CNN inside Iraq.