Cockburn: Israel and "Anti-Semitism"

[Micheal Ellis]

>Chris Kromm quoted Ace Cockburn:
>
>>These days you can't even say that New York Times is owned by a Jewish
>>family without risking charges that you stand in Goebbels' shoes.
>
>And what's the point of making this point in the first place? How 
>does the NYT's coverage of Israel differ from that of media outlets 
>not owned by Jews (e.g., the New York Post, owned by the grandson of 
>a Presbyterian minister)? And how does their editorial stance differ 
>from that of the Bush administration?

the NYT is the biggest agenda setting part of the media. it's not that
signifigant that it is jewish owned but it is indicative of the dangerous
line american jewish elites are towing esp with the way over abused 
allegations of "antisemitism". any serious analysis of antisemitism
charges would probably find they out number actual antisemitism
500 to 1. antisemitism has pretty much been defeated fairly decisively
it is most ridiculous with the american jewish elites...it's worse
here than in even Israel where there is at least debate on these matters.
there is a dangerous line being walked here and it's only going to
cause an antisemitic backlash at somepoint.

~M.E.