No, CNN Did Not “Defame” Cenk Uygur by Trashing his Anti-Israel Ad

Source: Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley

“A new ad running to support Democrat senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan has been widely denounced as anti-Semitic for suggesting that Jews are taking food from Americans. The ad is the work of Rebellion PAC, a political action committee co-founded by The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur. Uygur has now struck out at CNN over a panel discussion that trashed the segment and called it clearly defamatory. For a torts teacher, the claim popped this story to the top of my pile, and I thought it was worthy of addressing. The CNN segment is manifestly not defamatory. Whatever grievance that he may have with the network, it is not a legal one.” (10/28/26)

https://jonathanturley.org/2026/10/28/no-cnn-did-not-defame-cenk-uygur-by-trashing-his-anti-israel-ad-supporting-abdul-el-sayed/