[Peace-discuss] Zionist Propaganda and the DI

[David Green]

I have no doubt that this shift is partly in response
to criticism by Jewish Federation, which goes back to
the CAMERA article that they reprinted in the Spring
that villified Mariam Sobh. Michael Shaprio, I retired
English professor, is president of Federation and head
of the Drobny Center. While the CAMERA article was not
published "publicly," I have no doubt that the DI
received the message loud and clear--including, of
course, accusations of anti-semitism.

DG


--- Tom Mackaman <tmackaman at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi David, et.al,
>  
> I too have noticed the organized Zionist propganda
> offensive coming from the pages of the DI this
> semester.  
>  
> My guess is that the DI faced fierce right-wing, and
> esp. Zionist, pressure last year due to several
> excellent columns written on Israel/Palestine. 
> However, that they now seem to have a quota of two
> full-time propagandists suggests that there is more
> going on here than meets the eye.  
>  
> The basis of the new "Opinions" page seems to be,
> that like most so-called "mainstream" media outlets,
> the DI is attempting to appease the right by
> inviting in fascistic Big Liars (I don't use the
> word "fascistic" lightly-- but if you saw the Blog
> where Sobodka attacked Green, there can be no doubt
> about the violent and ultra-reactionary nature of
> these people).  The right-wingers are "balanced" on
> the left by two out-and-out liberal Democrats.  Thus
> the whole opionions page has shifted sharply to the
> right in the space of one year.  
>  
> What would be interesting to discover is whether or
> not the DI adapted itself to the Zionist ultra-right
> in reaction to some sort of official pressure coming
> from local or national groups.  
>  
> Tom         
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