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CBS Apologizes, Questions El-Sayed Over Muslim Brotherhood

By Drooid · Oct 20, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC · How we work

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Jan Crawford apologized for partisan X post about Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
Crawford deleted the tweet, saying it violated CBS News standards.
Republican staffer Tommy asked El-Sayed whether El-Sayed disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood.
El-Sayed said he would disavow the group and asked why the question was raised.
CBS News appointed former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief after Skydance CEO David Ellison’s acquisition.

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Jan Crawford apologized for partisan X post about Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
Crawford deleted the tweet, saying it violated CBS News standards.
Republican staffer Tommy asked El-Sayed whether El-Sayed disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood.
El-Sayed said he would disavow the group and asked why the question was raised.
CBS News appointed former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief after Skydance CEO David Ellison’s acquisition.