DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE
INVESTIGATION. >>> ONE OF THE REGIONAL’S TOP
CANCER DOCTORS IS SUING NYU
LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER.
HE ALLEGES THAT THE HOSPITAL
STRIPPED HIM OF HIS ROLE FOR
REPOSTING PRO-ISRAELI CONTENT.
NOW THE HOSPITAL IS FIRING BACK.
CHRIS IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST.
>> WELL, AND THAT’S CORRECT. THE FACT FEATURES PROMINENTLY IN
THIS LAWSUIT BY THE DOCTOR THAT
THIS PARTICULAR DOCTOR
BASICALLY, HE IS COMPARING HIMSELF WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM TO
ANOTHER DOCTOR WAS ALSO
SUSPENDED, BUT HE SAYS AFTER
SUSPENDING A PRO-PALESTINIAN
DOCTOR FOR HIS SOCIAL MEDIA OPINIONS AND NYU LOOKED HIM TO
AS A, QUOTE, SACRIFICIAL LAMB SO
THE HOSPITAL COULD FEIGN
IMPARTIALITY.
PENALIZE BID THE HOSPITAL OVER
SOCIAL MEDIA.
NEWS 4 IS NOT SHARING THE POSTS OR REPOST FRS EITHER PHYSICIAN
BECAUSE THEY COULD BE CONSIDERED
OFFENSIVE AND NOW ONE OF THE PHYSICIANS, DR. BENJAMIN NEIL,
FORMER DIRECTOR OF NYU’S PERLMUTTER CANCER CENTER ALLEGES
THE LOSS OF HIS TITLE OVER
SATIRICAL CARTOONS KRICRITICAL O
HAMAS AMOUNTED TO RELIGIOUS
DISCRIMINATION. THE CIVIL SUIT SEEKING MORE THAN
$500,000 SAYS DR. NEIL’S VIEWS
WITH RESPECT TO ISRAEL AND
PALESTINE ARE DEEPLY INTERWOVEN WITH HI JEWISH FAITH ADDING THEY
WERE NOT ESPOUSING VIOLENCE. NYU DEFENDED THE DECISION TO
PENALIZE DR. NEIL NOTING SEVERAL
TIMES LAST MONTH WE REMINDED ALL
EMPLOYEES OF OUR HIGH STANDARDS
AS WELL AS CODE OF CONDUCT AND SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY.
NONETHELESS, DR. BEN NEIL AS A
LEADER OF OUR INSTITUTION DISREGARDED THESE STANDARDS IN A
SERIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. DR. NEIL’S LOSS OF HIS POSITION
AS DIRECTOR OF THE CANCER CENTER
CAME AFTER ANOTHER NYU DOC WAS
SUSPENDED FOR A SOCIAL MEDIA
POST APPEARING TO DEFERRED
TERRORISM. THERE IS NOW A CHANGE.ORG
PETITION WITH MORE THAN 80,000
SIGNATURES SEEKING HIS
REINSTATE.
>> WE WERE UNABLE TO REACH DR. MAS’UD AND NYU DIDN’T OFFER
COMMENT ON HIS SUSPICION.
BOTH DOCTORS AND LAWYERS
DECLINED TO SPEAK ON THE RECORD.
IN THE LAWSUIT, NEIL CLAIMS HIS
SOCIAL MEDIA POST WAS A
THOUGHTFUL POLITICAL COMMENTARY
AND HE SUGGESTED MASOUD AGENCIES
POST
WAS A CELEBRATION OF VIOLENCE ON
THAT CHANGE.ORG PETITION MAS’UD
SUPPORTERS SAID HIS SOCIAL MEDIA
POST WAS PROTECTED POLITICAL SPEECH.
BACK TO YOU.