US journalist sets self on fire at pro-Palestinian rally (VIDEOS)
A CBS News reporter set his arm ablaze near the White House, declaring the American media complicit in the deaths of children in Gaza Read Full Article at RT.com
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The reporter expressed remorse at what he called his industry’s complicity in the death of tens of thousands of Gazans
A CBS News journalist set himself on fire at a pro-Palestinian protest near the White House on Saturday. In a blog post written beforehand, the man said that he was self-immolating to protest media “misinformation” about Israel’s war in Gaza.
Video footage shared on social media showed the man lighting his left arm on fire, before police officers and bystanders surrounded him and extinguished the blaze with water and a traditional Palestinian keffiyeh headdress.
“We spread the misinformation,” he screamed afterwards, followed by “I’m a journalist and I said it was okay.”
The man was later identified as Samuel Mena, a photojournalist with CBS affiliate network KTVK/KPHO in Arizona. The network said that Mena was “off duty and not in Washington on station business” at the time of the incident, and that he would be sacked for breaching company policy on “objectivity and neutrality.”
Identified as Samuel Mena Jr, he was captured on video lightning his left arm on fire, before protesters and police rushed to help him. pic.twitter.com/ZM4EKsaDS4
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