[Peace-discuss] Democracy Now! & the Israel Lobby

[C. G. Estabrook]

It would be good if he got a lot of complaints from DN! listeners.  His email 
seems to be <mattr at progressive.org>. --CGE


Morton K. Brussel wrote:
> Pretty disgusting. Amy, and/or her staff,  doesn't always do her 
> homework, so I think she can be excused for her ignorance here. But as 
> for Matthew Rothschild of /The Progressive /magazine, his defence of 
> Coniff and his rejoinder to Finkelstein is shocking. 
> 
> Once before, I subscribed to his magazine and cancelled it because of 
> his apology for something nasty Israel did (I think), but in recent 
> times I thought he'd reformed and re-subscribed. The magazine is not all 
> bad, even if generally superficial, but I'll cancel my subscription now 
> unless Rothschild issues an abject apology to Finkelstein.  
> 
> --mkb
> 
> On Feb 14, 2008, at 1:25 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> 
>> [Matthew Rothschild, editor of "The Progressive" [sic], appeared on 
>> DN! on Tuesday, and what was amazing was what wasn't said.  Two 
>> letters on the subject below. --CGE]
>>
>>
>> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:19:30 -0800
>> From: ehtesham74[at]yahoo.com
>> Subject: On Matthew Rothschild
>> To: amy[at]democracynow.org
>> CC: normangf[at]hotmail.com
>>
>> Dear Amy,
>>
>> I was both amazed and amused to see Matthew Rothschild on your show on 
>> Monday, February 11. Amazed because this is the same Matthew 
>> Rothschild who, supporting his fellow editor Ruth Conniff of The 
>> "Progressive", called Professor Norman Finkelstein a Holocaust denier 
>> and an anti-Semite. Amused because he practically joined the campaign 
>> to suppress Norman his right to tenure and yet he writes a book titled 
>> "You Have No Rights: Stories of America in an Age of Repression."
>>
>> So called liberals like him have their "Progressive" magazines to vent 
>> their hypocrisies. But now they are asked to appear on DN too? If you 
>> want to find out what this guy really said about Norman, you can 
>> follow the link below and see for yourself. I just don't feel like 
>> regurgitating the filth he spewed.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Ehtesham.
>> Ottawa, Canada.
>>
>> Link to Rothschild's lies:
>>
>> http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=3&ar=67 
>> <http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=3&ar=67>
>> * * * * *
>>
>>
>> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:06:45 -0800
>> Subject: Matthew Rothschild on today's DN!
>> To: amy[at]democracynow.org
>> CC: normangf[at]hotmail.com; aaron[at]democracynow.org
>>
>> Dear Amy,
>>
>> I'm a little confused by your segment with Matthew Rothschild on 
>> Democracy NOW! today. Were you not aware that he helped destroy the 
>> academic career of Norman Finkelstein?
>>
>> Rothschild has agreed with statements made by others that label 
>> Finkelstein a "Holocaust denier," and Raul Hilberg and Finkelstien's 
>> late mother "Holocaust minimizers" 
>> (http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=3&ar=67 
>> <http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=3&ar=67>).
>>
>> In spite of his "twenty-eight years" as an editor, he participated in 
>> the Alan Dershowitz/David Horowitz (FrontPageMag.com) smear campaign 
>> against Norman Finkelstien which resulted in Finkelstein's denial of 
>> Tenure at DePaul
>> (http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=1070 
>> <http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=1070>).
>>
>> When Finkelstein requested that Rothchild provide evidence to support 
>> these claims, Rothschild emailed him the same out-of-context quotes 
>> used by Dershowitz to carry out what Noam Chomsky called, on YOUR SHOW 
>> (April 17, 2007), a "jihad" against Norman Finkelstein. In his 
>> response to Finkelstein's request Rothschild stated that he carefully 
>> checked the facts before writing the letter
>> (http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=3&ar=67 
>> <http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=3&ar=67>).
>>
>> After Rothschild helped destroy the academic career of Norman 
>> Finkelstein he sat there on your show and said things like "it's 
>> really frightening what's happening to our democracy here, Amy."
>>
>> I guess, it's possible for someone like him to be right about the 
>> civil liberties issue of the public at large and wrong about other, 
>> more specific issues of liberty of speech, but I feel like you didn't 
>> do your job as a journalist -- you didn't question him about it. I've 
>> come to expect more from you.
>>
>> I realize that you're busy organizing a Gala with Willie Nelson and 
>> Danny Glover, but it'd be nice if you guys didn't do that at the 
>> expense of the research you do for shows.
>>
>> Since you demanded of Lou Dobbs (December 04, 2007) to pay more 
>> attention to whom he's quoting on his show, I think it's only fair for 
>> you to have to pay attention to whom you're quoting on your own show. 
>> Rothschild didn't bother doing so in the case of Finkelstein's tenure, 
>> but I expect more from a reputable journalist such as yourself.
>>
>> Thanks for doing what you're doing and I hope stuff like this won't 
>> continue to happen on your show,
>>
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