Pittsburgh in the Jewish Press: Solidarity or Bothsidesism
Tablet engages in the dubious art of “bothsidesism,” the notion that in order to condemn right-wing anti-Jewish violence, one most come up with a reason to bash the left as well.
‘Charleston and Tree of Life Are Connected Struggles’
“I think we need to double down on what we have been doing, which is building multiracial coalition…understanding isolation is our enemy and the only way through this is together.”
Audrey Sasson on Antisemitism and Resistance
Other people also have a worldview that connects Jews, black and brown people, immigrants and other disadvantaged communities—connects them in coalitions that recognize their shared vulnerability, and work together for social and economic justice.
Blaming ‘Both Sides’ for Hate Plays Into Hands of Right-Wing Media
The political violence whipped up by the president, the GOP and their media apparatuses last week was treated by many in corporate media as just one shot in an ongoing duel between equally violent left and right extremist fringes.
Mental Illness Serves as Easy Scapegoat in Mass Murder Accounts
Could it be media would prefer to scour for evidence of a shooter’s mental illness or report on his dysfunctional past, rather than address what their own role could have been in encouraging killers, through being the very channel by which their “story” is told?
NYT’s Obit for Ed Herman Requires a Correction
Ask the New York Times to correct the claim that Herman and Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent was criticized for “having soft-pedaled evidence of genocide” that hadn’t happened yet.
‘Tolerance of Violence in Homes Is the Necessary Precursor to Public Violence’
“The reason that we don’t have a good understanding of domestic violence and sexual violence and the role that those play in persistent misogyny and racism is, frankly, because we don’t have a very diverse media.”
James Henry on Paradise Papers, Soraya Chemaly on Domestic Violence and Mass Killings
The millions of leaked documents dubbed the Paradise Papers bring some sunlight to an arena where secrecy is the point: the world of “offshore financial centers,” where a melange of the world’s wealthiest stash money, bilk governments and generally betray any notion of a social compact.
