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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 

Newseum abandons plans to honor Hamas-affiliated journalists

Fox News (via Jihad Watch) has learned that the Newseum is rightly backing away from their notion of honoring journalists even if they support crime:
Washington’s Newseum reversed its plans to honor two accused members of a terrorist organization when it pays tribute to journalists who died in the line of duty last year, FoxNews.com has learned.

The museum dedicated to journalists had planned to include Mahmoud Al-Kumi and Hussam Salama, former members of the terrorist group Hamas and employees of a TV station known for anti-Israel propaganda at Monday’s annual Journalist Memorial dedication. But after FoxNews.com and other media outlets wrote about the controversy surrounding their inclusion, Newseum officials changed their minds.

“Serious questions have been raised as to whether two of the individuals included on our initial list of journalists who died covering the news this past year were truly journalists or whether they were engaged in terrorist activities,” said Newseum spokesman Jonathan Thompson. “We take the concerns raised about these two men seriously and have decided to re-evaluate their inclusion as journalists on our memorial wall pending further investigation.”

The dedication has recognized more than 2,000 reporters, photographers and broadcasters who have died in the line of duty from around the world, including Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped by Pakistani militants and murdered by Al Qaeda terrorists in 2002. Thompson's statement left open the door that their names could be inscribed on the memorial at a later date, though they are not being honored at today's ceremony.
Being a journalist doesn't make you a saint, and those who commit crimes disqualify from receiving honor status. And whether or not the terrible twosome actively engaged in violence, they were still guilty of hatemongering and blood libels whose purpose was to incite more hatred. Anybody who does that is not a true journalist.

And if they're smart, they'll quietly drop the whole issue and not even think about honoring the terrorists even on another occasion. They don't deserve the honor, therefore, the door for that should be kept shut.

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