CNN anchor Jim Clancy has a bizarre meltdown on Twitter (and calls me "anti-Muslim") ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Thursday, January 08, 2015

CNN anchor Jim Clancy has a bizarre meltdown on Twitter (and calls me "anti-Muslim")

Jim Clancy, a CNN correspondent and anchor for international affairs, made a slightly strange observation about the Charlie Hebdo cartoons:

#IamCharlie The cartoons NEVER mocked the Prophet. They mocked how the COWARDS tried to distort his word.
— Jim Clancy (@clancycnn) January 7, 2015

Oren Kessler showed that Clancy was wrong:

I joined in, saying that my collection of cartoons included some that clearly mocked Mohammed, and Clancy dismissed me:

.@elderofziyon Thank you so much for that. I actually thought about it first. Isn't that amazing?
— Jim Clancy (@clancycnn) January 8, 2015

So I posted one that I hadn't placed on my blog from Charlie Hebdo because of its content and asked for how he viewed that one:

.@clancycnn So how do you interpret this one? pic.twitter.com/oZT7pDn1gL
— ElderOfZiyon (@elderofziyon) January 8, 2015

Clancy didn't answer directly, but he then wrote this tweet:

What does being pro-Israel have to do with this discussion? Clearly Clancy thinks that it is relevant, between his "hasbara" tweet earlier and this one to me. It becomes a little clearer later.

I answered:

.@clancycnn I proved that your analysis was wrong. That's all.
— ElderOfZiyon (@elderofziyon) January 8, 2015

Meanwhile, Clancy tweeted:

While the Pals have little hope of convincing anyone of warcrime charges at #ICC they have huge prospect of success with #SETTLEMENTS
— Jim Clancy (@clancycnn) January 8, 2015

When another tweeter responded to my previous tweet, Clancy again tried to bring Israel into the discussion:

Say what?

At the same time, another user responded to Clancy's "Pro-Israel voice" tweet, and Clancy yet again tried to turn this into a "hasbara" issue:

@HumanRights2K Get a grip, junior. It's my Friday night. You and the Hasbara team need to pick on some cripple on the edge of the herd.
— Jim Clancy (@clancycnn) January 8, 2015

Some antisemite named "JewsMaking News" was polluting the thread with Jew-hating comments. Clancy seems to think that "JewsMakingNews"is a false flag hasbara operation, presumably because there aren't any real antisemites in the planet tweeting so Jews have to make them up. (He has since removed this tweet.)

Here's the rub: @JewsMakingNews @elderofziyon are accounts with about 50 followers...who are also part of a PR campaign that is anti-Muslim
— Jim Clancy (@clancycnn) January 8, 2015

A number of people pointed out to Clancy that I'm approaching 13,000 followers on Twitter, and wondering whether his disregard for simple facts reflects on his news gathering abilities.

And then: (He deleted this tweet this morning)

These accounts are part of a campaign to do PR for #Israel @JewsMakingNews @elderofziyon Nothing illegal - but PR not HR : Human Rights
— Jim Clancy (@clancycnn) January 8, 2015

There you have it. I'm anti-Muslim because I'm pro-Israel, I'm a PR flack for Israel and I am against human rights. And anti-semites are simply Israeli false flags to get better PR.

He figured all of that out just from a few of my tweets about Charlie Hebdo!

I responded:

Seriously? @clancycnn just called me anti-Muslim. I'd love a link to my anti-Muslim writings.
— ElderOfZiyon (@elderofziyon) January 8, 2015

.@clancycnn I freely admit to being pro-Israel. I also submit that my posts' accuracy far exceeds that of @CNN. And certainly more than you
— ElderOfZiyon (@elderofziyon) January 8, 2015

.@clancycnn And if you want to talk about human rights, I'm happy to have that conversation any day of the week.
— ElderOfZiyon (@elderofziyon) January 8, 2015

At the same time, many people went after Clancy for his meltdown. He may have deleted some of his more ridiculous tweets too. He blocked numerous tweeters as well. There are some very funny sub-threads from people who were incredulous at how Clancy was acting.

I did not see any of his 50,000 followers come to his defense during this meltdown.

Clancy went on to other topics and didn't respond to me any more.

But this was really something. Besides showing himself to be remarkably unprofessional, Jim Clancy revealed that he has an interesting preconception that Zionists are reflexively anti-Muslim and anti- human rights.

As a postscript: I had reported last month that the Jordanian Media Institute - which receives funds from some major NGOs and governments - had prominently praised a terrorist on one of its websites as a role model for journalists.

Guess who spoke at the terrorist-loving JMI?