International Christian Embassy, June 24, 2002

Less than a week after its founder’s comments accusing both sides of terrorism, CNN is looking to distance itself from appearing to condone suicide bombings.

CNN will no longer give air time to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers "unless there is a compelling reason to do so," Eason Jordan, CNN's chief news executive and news gathering president, told The Jerusalem Post.

"We want to make sure there is no suggestion of moral equivalence between victims and perpetrators [of terrorism]," he said.

Three weeks ago CNN broadcast less than a minute of a lengthy interview with a wounded Israeli woman who lost her mother and daughter in an attack in Petah Tikva, and then spent several minutes talking about the plight of the suicide bomber's mother, outraging many viewers.

Some media commentators say that CNN is showing signs of change under pressure. This week the station will air a five-part series called "Victims of Terror" by correspondent Wolf Blitzer examining how Israeli civilians deal with the daily prospect of suicide bombings. One of Israel's main complaints against the network was that it highlighted the suffering of Palestinian civilians while downplaying the suffering of Israelis.