NATAS Responds To Request To Rescind Emmy Nom For Palestinian Journo
NATAS has responded to a request by more than 150 entertainment industry leaders to take back the Emmy nomination of Bisan Atef Owda for the 2024 News & Documentary category this year https://t.co/86eKHGL4bo
- Deadline (@DEADLINE) August 20, 2024
Creative Community for Peace, a pro-Israel nonprofit organization, called for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to rescind an Emmy nomination for Bisan Atef Owda, a Palestinian journalist. Owda was nominated by NATAS in the Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form category, for the series “It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive.”
They allege that Owda has documented ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a United States-designated terrorist organization.
The letter, was signed by More than 150 entertainment industry leaders, including the likes of Debra Messing, Selma Blair, Sherry Lansing, Rick Rosen, Haim Saban, and Michael Rotenberg, among others.
Today, NATAS responded to the letter and denied their request
You can read the response at the source