MSNBC Reporter Ali Arouzi Quoted Iran State Media’s claim of 30 U.S. American casualties during a broadcast Tuesday evening.
The decision to mention this dubious claim was criticized on social media.
Per Barbara Starr of CNN, a US official told CNN that there are no reports of US casualties at this time but an assessment is still underway.
WATCH:
Reckless for MSNBC to mention Iran claiming 30 US service members were killed when US officials are saying no casualties at this time. https://t.co/JOFrvvv11X pic.twitter.com/19L7yiEbgR
— Watchdog (@LibWatchdog) January 8, 2020
Tommy Hour commented “MSNBC acting as the mouthpiece of Iran.”
MSNBC acting as the mouthpiece of Iran.
— TommyHour🇺🇸 (@HourTommy) January 8, 2020
Another Twitter user wrote “Unfortunately they only care about their ratings and the monetary revenue generated … they love spreading egregious information to get ppl to watch their manipulative rhetoric “
Unfortunately they only care about their ratings and the monetary revenue generated … they love spreading egregious information to get ppl to watch their manipulative rhetoric 😊
— G Calabrese🇮🇹🇺🇸 Conservative /NQ Bull (@Gaetano_BCE3) January 8, 2020
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