A short text 140 characters is enough apparently to close a career and a collaboration of 20 years. The CNN stopped working with a veteran editor and reporter on matters pertaining to the Middle East after he wrote a message on Twitter’s.

In this message, Octavia Nasr expressed its sadness at the death of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, a Shi’ite cleric and Hezbollah’s mentor, who died Sunday and the U.S. feature “terrorist.” “I regret the death of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. One of the giants of Hezbollah that respect too, “Nasr wrote on Twitter, and did not take long to get problems.

According to the Times, the CNN executive said there had been discussion with the reporter and the decision was to leave the company. The same as CNN, after the incident, said “The CNN apologizes by those infected with this message. He was away from the standard network. Is a serious issue to be addressed as it deserves. ”

In a text published on the blog, the Octavia Nasr wrote that this incident shows why 140 characters should not be used for reporting on controversial and sensitive issues.