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CNN bans conservative guest for telling Muslim journalist 'I hope your beeper doesn't go off'
NBC News ^ | 10/29/2024 | Patrick Smith

Posted on 10/29/2024 7:00:34 AM PDT by Mr.Unique

CNN has banned a conservative commentator from appearing on the network again after he told a Muslim journalist "I hope your beeper doesn't go off," an apparent reference to the spate of exploding pagers in Lebanon that killed members of the Hezbollah militant group last month.

Ryan Girdusky made the comment during a heated debate with Mehdi Hasan, a prominent British-American broadcaster and an outspoken critic of Israel's war in Gaza, on "CNN Newsnight" with host Abby Phillip.

The guests were discussing the racist jokes made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, which overshadowed former President Donald Trump's rally at New York's Madison Square Garden on Sunday and continued to make headlines two days later.

As the debate turned fractious, Girdusky and Hasan sparred over whether the latter had been labeled an anti-Semite. "I'm a supporter of the Palestinians, I'm used to it," Hasan said.

Girdusky replied: "Well I hope your beeper doesn't go off."

Hasan responded: "Did you just say I should die? You just said I should be killed."

When Phillip called out the comment, Girdusky apologized, claiming he heard Hasan say he supported Hamas. After a commercial break both Girdusky and Hasan had left the roundtable discussion.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: abbyphillip; beeber; cnn; cnnsupportshamas; cnnterrorists; hamassupportercnn; hammielovers; mehdihasan; ryangirdusky; stunedbeeper; xinn
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To: Mr.Unique

Good jokes are rooted in reality. CNN just hates quality humor.


21 posted on 10/29/2024 7:34:04 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: Mr.Unique
Totally worth the ban! Wear it with pride, Mr. Gidursky.
22 posted on 10/29/2024 7:34:29 AM PDT by liberalh8ter ( Ephesians 6:10 - 18)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude
That beeper comment is hilarious.

They should give him his own show, brilliant timing.

23 posted on 10/29/2024 7:35:02 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

Yes, that was hilarious!
Liberals have no sense of humor or irony.


24 posted on 10/29/2024 7:35:20 AM PDT by sjmjax
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To: cuban leaf

Trump should have had this guy at the rally instead of that loser.


25 posted on 10/29/2024 7:35:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Mr.Unique

You mean calling half the country Hitler?


26 posted on 10/29/2024 7:36:23 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Mr.Unique

Just because your offended, it doesn’t mean I’m wrong!


27 posted on 10/29/2024 7:41:00 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: jdsteel

Yes, it is. Classic Concern Trolling.


28 posted on 10/29/2024 7:49:04 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Mr.Unique

Bwahahaha!


29 posted on 10/29/2024 8:17:58 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (.You will suffer from one: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. )
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To: 1Old Pro

Girdusky should have brought a beeper and set it off to watch the ensuing panic!


30 posted on 10/29/2024 8:20:36 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (.You will suffer from one: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. )
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To: butlerweave

Girdusky should not have apologized. The panel smelled blood and jumped on him. That was a big mistake. He should called him a terrorist sympathizer. It has the advantage of being true.


31 posted on 10/29/2024 8:26:54 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: Mr.Unique

NO issues firing this guy... but I do have to ask when will they fire Van Jones for calling 2016 election fo Trump a Black Lash and ranted that every Trump voter was a racist.


32 posted on 10/29/2024 8:29:59 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: MMusson

Saying Puerto Rico is a garbage dump is not racist — except in the eyes of those already racist.
Like anyone supporting the Democratic party.


33 posted on 10/29/2024 8:35:52 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: HamiltonJay

It was a “Whitelash.” I remember laughing about it.


34 posted on 10/29/2024 8:36:34 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: Mean Daddy

How about “get that beeper away from me now!”?


35 posted on 10/29/2024 8:39:16 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: bobbo666

“Saying Puerto Rico is a garbage dump is not racist”

PR people interviewed on Monday said the guy was right about the island. He didn’t disparage the people, just the dirty polluted island.


36 posted on 10/29/2024 8:40:14 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I'm voting for the felon with the pierced ear.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

As always, it’s only white liberals who get “offended”.


37 posted on 10/29/2024 8:41:00 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Mr.Unique

38 posted on 10/29/2024 8:46:54 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: hellinahandcart

Yep, most racist diatribe I’ve ever seen on TV, and the rest of the panel that night just sat there and not one, not a once challenged him about any of the racist crap that came out of his mouth and CNN never did anything to him for it.


39 posted on 10/29/2024 8:55:50 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: DeplorablePaul

“Girdusky should not have apologized.”

I don’t think he did.

First thing this morning Chicks On The Right showed this clip. I couldn’t understand it because there was so much shouting. But i think they showed a post pretty much confirming there would be no apology.

Oh course, things change quickly in this environment. Maybe he did.


40 posted on 10/29/2024 9:05:25 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I'm voting for the felon with the pierced ear.)
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