Some say they doth protest too much.

That’s the feeling this morning as CNN begins to grapple with the realization that they were employing a bigot within their ranks, and at a position of power.

UPDATE: Mohammed Elshamy (@elshamyme) has resigned from CNN.https://t.co/PcHrLYfybp pic.twitter.com/pycQ5bNpgJ

— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) July 26, 2019

Some of the tweets were even more disturbing.

Whoa. What does @elshamyme mean by “shitty Jewish idiot” @CNNPR? pic.twitter.com/HjJOj1cn24

— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) July 25, 2019

Hey @CNNPR. How does someone like @elshamyme who tweets things like this get through the hiring process at CNN? Asking for some friends. pic.twitter.com/6NAjINmYhQ

— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) July 25, 2019

Of course, the liberal network was mum about the whole thing.

It remains to be seen if CNN will be honest with its audience about this matter and any internal investigations into it. CNN has a history of covering up resignations of people involved in scandals in its organization. In 2017, three senior CNN officials resigned amid a fake news story on the Russia probe–and CNN has still not answered a series of questions about the matter and has not published, as is the ethical standard for organizations purporting to publish news content, its findings of the internal investigation into the publication of that fake news.

CNN spokespersons have not replied to requests for comment when asked who hired Elshamy, how these comments were not found during his hiring process when they were publicly available at that time, whether anyone else will be held accountable for the severe missteps in vetting of CNN staff, and whether CNN will be conducting a review of other staff for antisemitic comments or a review of CNN’s published content in which Elshamy had a role.

CNN has been at the forefront of the 2020 political realm, hosting a number of democratic debates thus far.

With another such spectacle on the books for next week, one must wonder whether or not the “most trusted name in news” will own up to this despicable lapse in judgement and vetting, or if they will attempt to sweep this anti-semitism under the rug.