CBS: Soleimani was a ‘Revered,’ ‘Inspiring’ ‘Military Genius’

Scott Whitlock | January 3, 2020
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[See NewsBusters for more.] The journalists at CBS just couldn’t help themselves with the flowery language for dead terrorist Qasem Soleimani. This Morning reporter Holly Williams described the man who ordered the killing of U.S. military members as a “revered,” “inspiring” “military genius.” She blandly understated, “For America, though, General Soleimani was a problem.” Williams began: “There are fears that the killing of Soleimani, a revered figure in Iran and some other places in the Middle East, could see simmering tensions between the U.S. and Iran turn explosive.”