Jeffrey Goldberg answers his own question
Jeffrey Goldberg takes apart a New York Times column by Isabel Kershner about what is being described as a 'near lynch' of three Arabs by a group of Jews in Jerusalem's Zion Square, and inadvertently answers his own question, perhaps not in the way he intended.In the fourth of his five observations, Goldberg says this:
4) I'm always perplexed, after an incident like this, to read emotional statements like the one from Kershner, who said that the attack "is leading many Israelis to question how their society could have come to this." First of all, which Israelis? Name some. Name one. I'm not saying they don't exist. I know they exist, I just want to know if this includes only people in Kershner's liberal circles. Second, it's quite a broad statement, one that you almost never see in The New York Times following a heinous act of violence against an ethnic or racial minority in this, or any other, country. It's a bit of a reflex at The Times, which seems to be believe that Israelis are -- or should be -- wringing their hands constantly.Good observations. Too bad he spoiled them by coming up with this in the next paragraph.
5) It's obviously a healthy sign that the police made arrests in the case, but the acid test comes if these suspects are convicted. Will they be given sentences that match the gravity of the crime, or will they get off easy? It would be appalling, but unsurprising, if this is ultimately not treated as an attempted murder.Hey Jeff - can we wait for the results of the trial before deciding that those arrested are guilty and that they are going to be let off too easily? You wonder why the Times comes up with the kind of lines that Kershner wrote? Sheesh....
Labels: anti-Israel media bias, Jeffrey Goldberg, New York Times
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:43 AM
2 Comments:
You don't really expect fairness, objectivity or professional integrity from the NY Times, do you? Or from most of the US and European MSM, for that matter. Contemptible, closed-minded liberal propagandists.
The media lynch of a few Jewish boys who did what the police doesn't do, that is STOP SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF JEWISH GIRLS BY ARABS ALL OVER THE PLACE, is just another shanda, in which of course COURT JEWS TAKE PART.
See: http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/242931
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