An MSNBC producer called condemnation of Hamas’s violence against Israeli women “tone deaf” on Sunday and accused the IDF of perpetrating similar atrocities against Palestinians.
Nicole McReynolds, an associate video producer on Ali Velshi’s MSNBC show, scolded Big Time Rush singer James Maslow over an Instagram post that described Hamas’s murder, mutilation, and rape of Israeli women on October 7.
“James, I’m a huge fan of yours, but this is quite tone deaf. We are all aware of the horrors that Israelis went through on October 7th, and are still going through — but to not even mention the atrocities that Israel and the IDF have put Palestinians through is ridiculous,” McReynolds wrote in a since-deleted Instagram comment. “Just under 25 thousand people have been murdered by the Israeli government (and the IDF has raped and mutilated both women and children) and half a million people are starving.”
“While there is no easy solution to this, what is happening on both sides should not be happening at all,” she continued. “We all need to be open minded, educate ourselves, and have compassion.”
McReynolds’s now-deleted LinkedIn profile listed her as an employee of Velshi, MSNBC’s Chief Correspondent Ali Velshi’s weekend show.
Velshi has brought on his show many pro-Palestinian commentators who have legitimized Hamas’s attacks. On October 7, the same day Hamas waged its attack against Israel, Velshi invited Palestinian activist Nour Odeh on his show to discuss what Velshi called “Israel’s inhumane treatment of the Palestinians who live under Israeli occupation.”
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