CNN Panel Boasts of ‘Passionate’ Kerry Speech Hitting Israel

CNN Panel Boasts of 'Passionate' Kerry Speech Hitting Israel; Anonymous 'Friend' Touts Approval (NewsBusters)

On Wednesday afternoon, a CNN panel reacted to Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech lambasting Israel with praise for the “personal and passionate” address at the State Department aimed at a supposedly vast base of global supporters who believe in a two-state solution.

Perhaps even more head-shaking was CNN correspondent Elise Labott using anonymous acquaintances later in the program from Israel to boast that “rational Israelis” would “agree” that Kerry’s attack on Israel as a democracy was “balanced and simply logical and fair.”

Labott recapped Kerry’s speech immediately after its conclusion but following her was the Wilson Center’s Aaron David Miller, who had plenty to say [emphasis mine]: