As we reported, Israel and Hamas have come to an agreement where Hamas would release 50 of the hostages they are holding in exchange for a release of 150 Israeli prisoners and four day pause in the fighting. 

As our friends at our sister site Townhall observed, there isn't an equivalency here. The people who were kidnapped were innocent people, taken from their homes, grandmothers and little children. 

The people being let go by Israel have been arrested and/or convicted for crimes. Some have done horrible things involving stabbing and terror-related crimes. One person on the list of 300 possible people who might be released was convicted of stabbing her neighbor, and the neighbor's family is understandably upset. 

Worth keeping in mind when people equate the prisoners being released with the hostages… https://t.co/nHyI29V3R7

— AG (@AGHamilton29) November 22, 2023

Families and survivors who suffered so much from the October 7 attack were also expressing concerns about releasing anyone involved in a terror-related crime, that such a deal might come back to haunt everyone again.

"We know and warn that any terrorist who is released now will return and cause harm in the future. In the Gilad Shalit deal, the perpetrators of the October 7 massacre were released, and there is no reason why the release of the terrorists should be any different this time."

That's a very real concern. 

But some want to equate the two sides with a false moral equivalency.  

So we come to this CNN report with a poor, bereaved Gaza mother who's upset that her daughter who had been imprisoned and hopes she is one of those released. "She is a child and she is so innocent."

Part of the agreement between Israel and Hamas involves the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.@nimaelbagir spoke with one mother who is hoping she may soon see her long imprisoned daughter once again. pic.twitter.com/rE7LPMH8ZO

— CNN International PR (@cnnipr) November 22, 2023

Except there's one big thing left out of their sympathetic report -- the daughter is in prison for trying to stab an Israeli police officer. Not exactly "innocent." But CNN doesn't even say that. 

CNN got hit with a big Community Note on that one, justifiably so. How do you run a report like that, without saying why the daughter was imprisoned? That's just deceptive. Hardly the same as a kidnapped baby. 

People excoriated CNN for their hot take, including actress Patricia Heaton. 

Her daughter attempted to stab a police officer. You forgot to mention that @cnni https://t.co/2Fqn1h1QAb

— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) November 23, 2023

It slipped @cnnipr's mind to report that the 'imprisoned daughter' is in jail for trying to stab and kill an Israeli. Whoops. https://t.co/E2yceTDGVE

— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) November 23, 2023

Per Community Notes, the imprisoned daughter attempted to stab an Israeli police officer. Not once does CNN mention this during this report. Big news outlets have standards and practices... https://t.co/ZlB3QGBtyH

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) November 23, 2023

CNN certainly blew any claims of "standards" with this one.