WGN anchor told a Muslim blogger that she didn't 'sound like an American.' Her response went viral.
by Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune
Feb 22, 2018
3 minutes
She's a hashtag; she's a meme. Chicago fashion blogger Hoda Katebi's response to a WGN-TV news anchor who told her that she doesn't "sound like an American" when she criticizes U.S. policy in the Middle East has been reported by media in Russia, England and Dubai. More than 10 million people have seen online clips of the contentious interview.
The controversy started in late January, when Katebi, 23, and author of the 2016 book "Tehran Streetstyle," was interviewed by WGN Morning News anchors Larry Potash
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