Reza Aslan, Who Was Not Employed by CNN, Is Fired by CNN

By streiff | 4:00 PM on June 09, 2017

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Reza Aslan, a talentless schlub who styles himself as a “public intellectual” and who achieved momentary notoriety for this tweet:

https://twitter.com/rezaaslan/status/862138240433758209

has been told toodle-oo by CNN

“CNN has decided to not move forward with production on the acquired series ‘Believer with Reza Aslan,’” the network said in a statement. “We wish Reza and his production team all the best.“

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/873252930916429825

Small wonder that he sent the tweet, CNN had taught him over a period of years that it was totally acceptable to CNN’s management to call someone a “piece of sh**–and worse:

https://twitter.com/rezaaslan/status/867176101927239681

The words you're looking for are bat, shit, and crazy. https://t.co/X12kN8DW9a

— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) May 11, 2017

azlan-tweet

https://twitter.com/rezaaslan/status/238041590847918080

I’m confident we haven’t seen the last of him.

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