CBS News Correspondent Jan Crawford Apologizes for Post on Abdul El-Sayed That Sparked Social-Media Ire

CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford apologised after deleting a social-media post criticising Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s response to a question at a Michigan town hall. Crawford said the tweet violated CBS News standards, renewing scrutiny of how journalists should maintain impartiality in public commentary.

At Saturday’s event, a young man asked El-Sayed whether he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood; El-Sayed discussed constitutional religious freedom. Crawford described his reply as a brief disavowal followed by a three-minute speech that, she argued, proved the questioner’s point. Her apology comes as CBS News, under editor in chief Bari Weiss, is making room for more opinion and multi-format journalism, while also facing changes to its programmes and scrutiny of its reporting.