Several legacy news organizations have not covered allegations involving the family of Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
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El-Sayed's denial of having any family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood has drawn questions after several social media posts from his half-sister suggested that members of their family, including their mother, were active in the Islamist group.
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ABC and CBS had not mentioned the allegations on their morning or evening news broadcasts as of Thursday, Oct. 15, according to a Fox News Digital review of Grabien transcripts.
The allegations were finally mentioned on CBS’ morning show on Friday, but simply to note that El-Sayed has denied claims by his Republican opponent Mike Rogers.
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CNN and MS NOW have similarly not aired dedicated news reports about the allegations as of Thursday, despite several hours of daily programming per transcripts.
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A conservative panelist made a brief reference to the controversy on Monday's "CNN This Morning," which went without acknowledgment by host Audie Cornish.
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On Thursday night, CNN's Abby Phillip disputed concerns raised by another conservative guest, arguing that the allegations did not establish a connection between El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood.
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"Abdul was not raised by his biological mother," Phillip said.
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"His parents divorced when he was 3.
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He doesn't have that kind of relationship with her.
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So the idea that he would be tarred and feathered for a Muslim Brotherhood connection that frankly A. is not verified, and B., does not actually say anything about how he was raised here in Michigan."
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"He said to his knowledge, he is not aware of any connections with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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And you know what?
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You can take that up with him, but the insinuation is that he is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood," she later added.
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On Friday morning, conservative guest Jesse Arm told CNN viewers that El-Sayed’s family had "deep ties" to the Muslim Brotherhood in a comment that was met with pushback.
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"We should really point out there’s also a lot of CNN fact checking, and specifically on the mother and brother, what he has responded to," anchor Erica Hill said.
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"There is so much for all candidates that is in their past and needs fact-checking."
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MS NOW's most direct reference to the allegations came Monday night when guest host Jacob Soboroff knocked El-Sayed's Republican opponent for focusing on the "smears" against the Muslim Democrat, including tying El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood.
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The New York Times, widely dubbed "The Paper of Record," has not published a single report on the subject this week, according to search results on its website.
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NBC was the only broadcast network identified in the review as having covered the allegations, having questioned El-Sayed directly in two interviews.
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During an interview that aired on Sunday's "Meet the Press," NBC's Kristen Welker asked El-Sayed if he could "set the record straight" on allegations that he and his family had connections to the Muslim Brotherhood.
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He firmly replied, "No," before suggesting his GOP rival was using Islamophobic attacks against him and his family.
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However, according to social media posts made by his half-sister Eman Abdelhadi, members of their family, including their mother, had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
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"Had an amazing talk with my mom about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early 70s while she was in college #respect," Abdelhadi wrote in a 2012 X post, as first reported by the Washington Free Beacon.
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Their mother, Fatten Elkomy, had attended Egypt's Alexandria University, which, according to a report from the Brookings Institution, had strong Muslim Brotherhood activity back in the 1970s.
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In another 2012 post, Abdelhadi, a professor at the University of Chicago, wrote: "My family has long been MB, but I've always felt that it has navigated the political sphere poorly/destructively."
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In a third post from 2013, she wrote, "Praying for all my family that supports the #MB in #Egypt.
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On Wednesday's "NBC Nightly News," El-Sayed was confronted by NBC's Tom Llamas about how Abdelhadi's posts appear to contradict his own denial to Welker.
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"It's funny to me," El-Sayed responded.
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"I was born in 1984 down the street in Rochester Hills.
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I was raised here in Michigan, went to the University of Michigan, rebuilt the health department in this city, led the health department in this county — and you want to ask me about what's happening in Egypt in 1970?
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"I get it, but you were asked a question, and you gave an answer," Llamas responded.
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"I have no ties, we have no ties," El-Sayed said, reiterating his denial.
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The Democratic hopeful told Llamas he hadn't had conversations with his mother about her alleged Muslim Brotherhood activity and accused the anchor of using "hearsay evidence from a tweet.
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"That's just not serious," El-Sayed said.
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"But you've also gone after the president for truthfulness and when people ask you a question, do you expect the truth?" Llamas then asked.
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"Are you insinuating that somehow I was lying?" El-Sayed fired back.
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"I don't know, that's why I'm asking," Llamas responded.
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"And I'm telling you that I was not," El-Sayed told him.
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Representatives for ABC, CBS, CNN, MS NOW and The New York Times did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
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