Disability Inclusion Organization Calls on CNN to Apologize for Anchor’s Disparaging Remark About People with Disabilities

BOSTON--()--Jay Ruderman, President of the Ruderman Family Foundation and a national leader on disability inclusion issues, has called on CNN to apologize for a derogatory remark toward people with disabilities made by CNN anchorman Jim Clancy.

In a bizarre Twitter exchange, CNN Anchor Jim Clancy responded to a critical Tweet with “Get a grip, junior. It’s my Friday night. You and the Hasbara team need to pick on some cripple on the edge of the herd.”

“It is appalling that in this day and age a senior anchor at CNN, a world leader in the media, would use a word such as ‘cripple’, which is a derogatory term for people with disabilities,” stated Ruderman.

Ruderman wrote to Jeff Zucker, President of CNN Worldwide, asking CNN to issue an apology.

"If a news anchor had hurled a racial epithet, CNN’s response undoubtedly would have been swift,” stated Ruderman. “The disability community expects CNN to extend the same sensitivity to people with disabilities as it does to other minority communities.”

Jay Ruderman is President of the Ruderman Family Foundation. He can be contacted at 617-559-9919 or through Ephraim Gopin at ephraim@rudermanfoundation.org.

About the Ruderman Family Foundation:

The Ruderman Family Foundation believes that inclusion and understanding of all people is essential to a fair and flourishing community.

The foundation supports effective programs, innovative partnerships and a dynamic approach to philanthropy in their core area of interest: advocating for and advancing the inclusion of people with disabilities in our society.

Contacts

Ruderman Family Foundation
Jay Ruderman, 617-559-9919
President
or
Ephraim Gopin
ephraim@rudermanfoundation.org

Release Summary

Jay Ruderman calls on CNN to apologize for anchors disparaging remark about people with disabilities.

Contacts

Ruderman Family Foundation
Jay Ruderman, 617-559-9919
President
or
Ephraim Gopin
ephraim@rudermanfoundation.org