In Facebook posts, Al Ghoul has displayed a clear anti-Israel bias and has regularly alleged that Israel is engaged in a genocide. He and his son, a CBS cameraman, appear to have praised terror attacks against civilians and even questioned the humanity of Jews.
CBS’s October 7 story featuring Al Ghoul aired while the network’s executives were dealing with the fallout from another episode involving the Israel-Gaza conflict. This month, it was revealed that CBS News leaders reprimanded morning show co-anchor Tony Dokoupil, who is Jewish, for his pointed questioning of Ta-Nehisi Coates, the author of a new anti-Israel book that claims the country was “built on ethnocracy” and “apartheid.” CBS leaders alleged that the “tone” of Dokoupil’s interview didn’t meet “the legacy of neutrality and objectivity that is CBS News,” according to news reports.
Critics say reprimanding Dokoupil for a fair but aggressive interview of an Israel critic while ignoring its own producer’s history of anti-Israel commentary smacks of a double standard.
“It just seems to us that CBS is willing to ignore or excuse antisemitism from its staff while penalizing journalists who challenge anti-Israel narratives,” said Jonah Cohen, a spokesman for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA).
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