Well, there’s much to be written about the Obamaphobia in many parts of the Jewish community, and I would recommend checking out this wonderful op-ed by Rabbi Yosef Blau in the Jewish Week a couple of weeks ago. Meanwhile, I thought I would share with you this picture of a bumper sticker that I got last week. (Hat tip to Akiva Weiss)
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So Fox has gone and done their most impressive thing since January 1990, when they debuted The Simpsons as their own TV show.
E.D. Hill, now former host of America’s Voice, has been sacked, and for good reason. The anchor let this bomb drop on June 6:
“A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently.”
She was referring, of course, to this:
This gesture (which is clearly a “pound”), which I am surprised seems to be largely unknown, has been that story the media uses to distract us from what is actually important. And for E.D. Hill, things got a bit out of hand. Video clips are abundant, and I’ve found via YouTube that E.D. Hill and/or her producers give viewers panty shots on a semi-regular basis (gross, reminds me of the old producer of Chicago Cubs broadcasts who was notorious for seeking out women in the crowd wearing bikinis–what do panties have to do with news, and what do boobs have to do with baseball?). And that proves my own question, is this crap even news?
Let me relay a quick story–On Lag B’Omer I was getting my hair cut in a fancy shmancy north suburban Chicago salon (to those who know me, try and contain your shock). A very sweet Polish woman was washing my hair and telling me about her life. She explained that 20 years ago she moved to America, she met her husband here, she raised her daughter here, and now she must move back to Poland. I inquired why, expecting to hear a sad tale of a sick or elderly relative. Instead, what she said surprised me to silence (for those of who know me, try and contain your shock). ” Because we’re going to have our first black president.” WHA? I said, “You know, he really might now win.” She proceeded to explain to me that there was, in fact, a world-wide conspiracy in play. I thought to myself, no kidding! But we were not thinking of the same conspiracy… She told me of the international conspiracy to enslave the white race; she explained to me that Barack Obama was at the center of this; she said that she must go back to Poland because it was the only place to be safe, “since the blacks will enslave the whites, like the whites enslaved the blacks, Poland is safe. Poland never enslaved anybody.” I couldn’t even get the words out that he would be enslaving his own grandmother.
I blame Fox News for obscene thoughts like this. Their style of “news” as entertainment has dumbed the American populace (if that was even possible), has lowered the general bar for journalistic quality, possibly helped in the theft of a US election, and God knows what other horrible, demonic things.
“Terrorist fist jab,” give me an f’ing break. At least Fox has exhibited some morals and ethics in responsible journalism (HA!)–the sad thing is, she seems to have been quoting, according to the YouTube video below.
Here’s some links:
“the pound” with commentary video
the petition that might have gotten her fired (with clip of statement)
proof that Americans are tired of Fox and Conservative Talkingheads
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New Voices and the Jewish Student Press Service is hosting an evening on the theme of Blacks, Jews, and the Post-Racial Candidate this week.:
With Ari Berman (The Nation), Ta-Nehisi Coates (Village Voice and The Atlantic Monthly) and Sam Freedman (Professor of Journalism, Columbia University and New York Times columnist). The discussion will be moderated by Marissa Brostoff (The Forward).The event will take place on Wednesday, May 28th at 7 p.m. at the
Center for Jewish History, on 15 West 16th Street in New York City.
Dessert reception to follow. $10, general admission. $5, students and
CJH members. Buy tickets now by clicking here.
Everyone should attend, of course. But while we’re waiting for the the experts to have their say, let’s start our own JewSchool symposium on this very subject
I’ll get the ball rolling with my current thoughts on the topic.
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