CNN Statement concerning the interview with the Keinan family.

June 04, 2002

CNN deeply regrets any extra anguish the Keinan family has suffered as a
result of CNN's broadcast Friday night.

The Keinan family did two interviews with CNN on Friday. The first
interview was broadcast live in the USA and was replayed later day. The
interview was soon posted on CNN.com for its worldwide audience.

Later Friday, CNN's Wolf Blitzer selected excerpts of the interview for the
basis of a report about the family that aired on CNN in the US and to the
international audience a number times on Saturday.

Our intention had been to use other excerpts from the second interview
Friday night and Saturday on the international service, however this did not
happen and we apologize for the error. This mistake was compounded by fact
that we were running a previously recorded package on the suspected
motivation of the suicide bombing.

We are airing extended excerpts from that interview on CNN International on
Wednesday. Also, the second interview contained a specific message from the
family to CNN's European viewers and that will be aired later this week as a
central part of a special CNN Q&A program about the European view of the
Mideast conflict.