Keffiyeh-gate: was Matt Lauer Wearing a 'Palestinian Support Scarf' this Morning?

Today Show/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

by Mark Finkelstein

December 9, 2005 - 09:12.

Call it 'Keffiyeh-gate.'

Was Matt Lauer wearing a Palestinian support scarf this morning?

Alright, I can already hear some folks out there chuckling at the notion.

But before you dismiss this as the product of the over-active mind of an MSM-bias hunter, consider:

These so-called "Palestinian support scarves" have become items of radical fashion chic. Check out this web-site which advertises "Palestinian support scarves," explaining:

"The traditional Palestinian headdress has become a symbol of support for the Palestinian people against the Israeli occupation. From political rallies to talk shows, supporters of the Palestinian cause have begun donning this traditional scarf as a show of solidarity." [emphasis added]

Lauer was out on a snowy Rockefeller Plaza this morning, reporting on the winter storm sweeping the East Coast. He was bundled up in an overcoat and hat, and very visible around his neck was a boldly-checked, black-and-white scarf with a design similar to the little number Arafat liked to sport, as here.

So, was this a subtle statement by Matt, or just pure coincidence? Another media 'wardrobe malfunction,' perhaps?

You be the judge on Keffiyeh-gate!

[Semi Civil Servant]

It's a Houndstooth pattern. Polybius

Maybe he's a Bear Bryant fan. dfwgator

[governsleastgovernsbest]

[Jewish anti-Zionists] are not specifically anti-Zionists, they are more anti-everything.

It is hard to see as anything other than the ugliest kind of anti-Semitism when Bobby Fischer told ESPN's Jeremy Schaap that his father, the late Dick Schaap, was "a typical Jewish snake."

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/293825p-251515c.html

[wita]

Thanks! Got lost for awhile at the code pink freep thread.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

And I suppose you don't remember the 1963 game against Georgia in Tuscaloosa when Bear had Arafat as an honored guest on the sidelines? ;-)

[governsleastgovernsbest]

If Rush Limbaugh was photographed with some sort of "compromising" symbol that could tie him to "racism" or "homophobia", do these contrarians REALLY think the MSM would give him a pass?

Good point, IMO.

[Polybius]

Please consider what I have to say at #21.

I have.

Go to this link urging the buying and wearing of Palestinian Support Scraves

Note how the link tells you "Where to Buy One".

Check out the suggested sales outlets and check out the many available patterns:

Now compare that to a classic Houndstooth pattern:

[trisham]

I vote "No". Let's not be paranoid. :)

[tutstar]

ping...

[tutstar]

I'd be curious to see what NBC says about that.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Your vote has been duly recorded.

This is the first time it's been suggested that I had joined The Tin Foil Brigade.

Perhaps it's far-fetched, but I taped the show and viewed the close-up of Lauer repeatedly, then compared it with various variations on keffiyehs.

I don't think the posted photo of Lauer quite does justice to it. I think there was enough of a question to bring it to readers' attention and let them decide for themselves.

I was bolstered in that by the information I found, quoted in my report, to the effect that wearing "Palestinian support scarves" has become a hip thing to do in certain circles, specifically including "on talk shows."

Matt is a denizen of the hippest, chic-est circle of them all - Manhattan. If there's anyplace the trend is likely to be followed, it is there.

[Slings and Arrows]

Links for anyone wishing to purchase one.

That pic makes me want to purchase an armored Caterpillar D-9.

[Piranha]

googling Fischer, I see that his mother was Jewish (but apparently his father was not), which indeed does make him Jewish according to Jewish law.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

That's what I found, too, which is the mirror-image the situation of Lauer, who had a Jewish father and non-Jewish mother, and hence is not Jewish.

[trisham]

This is the first time it's been suggested that I had joined The Tin Foil Brigade. I was bolstered in that by the information I found, quoted in my report, to the effect that wearing "Palestinian support scarves" has become a hip thing to do in certain circles, specifically including "on talk shows."

Matt is a denizen of the hippest, chic-est circle of them all - Manhattan. If there's anyplace the trend is likely to be followed, it is there.

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You may be right. I've certainly been wrong often enough that even I can detect a pattern. :)

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Good points, well made. Do I think fanatical anti-Semites tend to be off their rockers? You bet!

[unionblue83]

i have seen that pattern somewhere.....oh yeah, on my picnic table. Glenn Beck had an ad for his Evil COnservative Industries on his website. The Yassir Arafat Tablecloth.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Really? I can't tell.

[Eaker]

Wow.

I did not know this!

[Lijahsbubbe]

Matt is a denizen of the hippest, chic-est circle of them all - Manhattan.

But he's such a loser. If he was wearing it, it'll be out of style tomorrow.