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Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said he held private conversations with CNN and MSNBC about their coverage of Israel after scolding the networks on the air and urging news organizations around the world to do a better job covering the tragic Hamas terror attacks of Oct. 7.

“I’ve called out the coverage on CNN while I was being interviewed on CNN. I’ve called out the coverage on MSNBC while I was being interviewed on MSNBC

“All of them need to do better. They need to do better because this isn’t just about antisemitism, although it is. The carelessness with which they treat Jewish victims is crazy,” he continued. “This isn’t just about Israel, although it is. Demonizing and dehumanizing Israelis and Zionists is how you get this kind of barbarism and these atrocities. This is about humanity.”

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Greenblatt believes the big picture is “about how we see each other as human beings deserving of a degree of dignity” and respect.

“The failure to do so, is why we have this problem in the first place,” Greenblatt said.

He appeared on CNN the day after the brutal terror attack and took exception to CNN International anchor Becky Anderson choice of adjectives when describing Hamas. While the CNN interview was on the phone and didn’t generate the headlines that his MSNBC comments received, the ADL leader didn’t exactly hold back.

“Hamas should be seen as the hate group that it is. A hate group that’s been promoting an ideology of hate for years. Dehumanizing Jewish people and dehumanizing the Jewish state. As we’ve seen in America and around the world, when you dehumanize people, you create the conditions, you brainwash the public into thinking acts of dehumanization is permissible,” Greenblatt told CNN viewers.

“You need to tell Becky Anderson to stop using words like ‘spectacular’ to describe the terror organization of Hamas. Stop saying they made great gains, spectacular gains,” he continued. “We should call these people the barbarians that they are, and we should recognize that the only words to use in the context of this are ‘criminal’ and ‘homicidal.’ Those are the only adjectives that apply.”

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Greenblatt said he had private conversations with figures at CNN and MSNBC about coverage of Israel in addition to calling them out on air but declined to get into specific details about the discussions. He believes the networks have taken steps in the right direction, but feels changes were likely caused by an onslaught of criticism in the immediate wake of the Hamas terror attacks.

“I have no delusions of grandeur. I don’t think it’s just because Jonathan Greenblatt said something that they changed. I’m sure a lot of people were chiming in, but they changed, and it’s a good thing they did,” he said.

CNN and MSNBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The liberal cable outlets aren’t the only news organizations that Greenblatt found issues with since the Oct. 7 massacre. He said that “Democracy Now!” should be called “Fascism Now,” because it promotes a “despicable” regime.

“Some of these commentators offer nothing other than excuses for these revolting crimes. So I find that fairly incomprehensible,” he said.

While Greenblatt said he saw “Democracy Now!” on PBS, the network distanced itself from the show. “It’s not a PBS program,” a spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “You might find it on an individual station as public television stations get their programming from many sources.”

“Democracy Now!” did not immediately respond to a request for comment.