Posted on 07/25/2006 6:55:30 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
July 25, 2006 - 09:42
Bill O'Reilly's down to his last strike. As noted here, on his radio and TV shows yesterday, Bill propounded the theory that the big-city newspapers have tread lightly in the current Middle East conflict for fear of alienating their liberal Jewish readers. As Bill put it, liberal Jews "are all the papers have left" when it comes to significant market niches.
While Bill singled out the NY Times as the paper most loath to offend its liberal Jewish readers, he also mentioned the Boston Globe by name on his radio show. As discussed here, the NY Times came out this morning guns ablazin', so to speak, for an immediate cease-fire.
Turns out the Boston Globe has done the same thing. Excerpts from its editorial of today, While Lebanon Burns:
* "After meeting yesterday in Beirut with Lebanon's prime minister and speaker of Parliament, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States is ``deeply concerned about the Lebanese people and what they are enduring." Not only does this profession of concern come exceedingly late, it may be perceived as a hypocritical contradiction of US policy."
* "Until now Rice has said the Bush administration wants to wait a while longer before intervening diplomatically to obtain a cease-fire. Even disregarding the callousness of this stance, Lebanese civilians and their sympathizers in the Arab world do not see how the displacing of 700,000 civilians and the shattering of a modern, cosmopolitan country can lead to Lebanon's delicately balanced government disarming the Shi'ite militia Hezbollah."
* "Many Lebanese who want Hezbollah to disarm, and resent Hezbollah's patrons in Iran and Syria, cannot understand why they are being attacked by Israel's army, and with weapons made in the United States."
* "By deliberately delaying diplomatic efforts to reach a cease-fire, however, Bush seems to be helping to tear down the independent Lebanese democracy he had taken credit for constructing."
* "Rice should call for an immediate cease-fire while she hammers out agreements on the countries that will supply troops, the mandate they must have to enforce peace, and the schedule for disarming Hezbollah in accordance with UN resolution 1559."
Conclusion: any concerns the big-city papers might have about offending liberal Jewish readers are trumped by their overriding inclination to bash the Bush administration at every opportunity. Back to the drawing Board, Bill!
BG=NYT, same paper, different masthead.
"Sounds like these big-city papers showed some restraint during the first two weeks of conflict, but now the editors have a serious case of ants-in-the-pants and just can't sit still any longer"
That's what I gather as well. Still, I think Bill was at least partly right. What I've heard of his comments referred to the NY Times and it does appear they are sitting this out, editorially. At least for now.
I've never really understood this support for the Democrats. Is it possible that it comes down to social policy, abortion and gun control?
A while back (a year ago?) someone posted an article about a trend in Muslim comedians. It was a hysterical thread (lots of quick jokes about the routine bombing, etc.). :)
Your conclusion is exactly correct. In the end, the dying, socialist "mainstream" newsrooms will ALWAYS follow the lead of, and do whatever they think is best for, their Democrat party. It is their purpose, their reason for being; it's what they ARE.
You would think O'Reilly has been around long enough to understand this most basic principle.
So what's the big deal?
Not so regarding the Times. Please see: http://newsbusters.org/node/6560
DOH! Blew that theory out of the water. I do wonder what took them so long, though.
I like your analogy. LMAO.
Bill seems to loose his minds on these things from time to time. Like with oil companies.
The Jewish population of ISrael is greater than the population of all NY (8 mil).
Reading comprehension nazi gets it wrong alert.
I clearly said 'he can't be so stupid as to think Jews ... constitute ... even double digits, percentage-wise.'
Seems to me this isn't our fight. No one asked for our help and our ally seems to have matters in hand.
Let 'em fight it out. Peace through attrition.
Works for me.
This is what you said:"he can't be so stupid as to think that Jews of any stripe constitute a majority of their readership"
No, none of these!!! American Jews are too dense to see the changing light. Actually, American Blacks are more apt to change political stripes once they realize the old NYC adage: "S--t Happens", and we've been had by our leaders and the Democrat Party!!!. The Jews are mired in hate and not reality. It is a sickness that will eventually destroy them all!!! Want an example, head down to the Jewish communities in West Palm Beach, Florida, etc., and listen to how they openly verbally bash American Blacks, it's as bad as their hatred for GW Bush!!! Idiots, the whole lot of them!!!
Tell the class what comes after that?
MAybe you aren't 'Blessed' so much as 'Touched.'
More Exclamation Points!!!! They help me understand you so much better!!! Maybe you can also try TYPING IN ALL CAPS, TOO!!!!
No, self loathing Jews are all they have left, which is why they clamour for the continued emasculation of Israel and empathize so with the poor downtrodden savages, excuse me, terrorist Muslims.
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