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Why Are Jewish Media Accepting Republican Jewish Coalition Smear Ads?
Banner ad at the Haaretz website
Reader Cole Krawitz reports that now Haaretz, JTA and The Forward are featuring prominently RJC anti-Obama smear ads of the type I reported on yesterday. I have e-mailed the advertising directors of each publication along with the publisher and/or editor to request that they clarify the status of these ads.
RJC ad entitled Obama's Advisors...who aren't
First, these ads calling Obama “anti-Israel” and “pro-Palestinian” are flat out lies without even a scintilla of genuine evidence. I would like to know what the advertising standards are for these three news outlets. In accepting political ads, do they vet them for honesty as most other newspapers would? Do they ever reject ads as most newspapers have done? If so, what are the criteria for accepting or rejecting an ad?
I understand that media outlets need to accept advertising to support what they do. And I accept that a partisan political organization not only can, but should advertise to promote it’s political perspective. Though I think the RJC is a despicable bunch of Jewish bulvanim, I recognize their right to advocate for their point of view. But my point is that their advocacy must remain within the bounds of truth or at least some semblance of it. I can even accept some stretching of the truth as that happens all the time in politics. But usually political advertising has at least a shred of truth. In this case, the RJC has thrown all those traditional notions to the winds.
I call on all Jewish media to reject any RJC ad unless it adheres to a factual critique of Obama’s record. If any of these publications continue to accept these ads I’d like as many Jewish blogs and readers to make widely known who is running them and demand answers from the editors as to why they are doing so.
tzvee said:
republican jews are weakening, that’s what’s behind the desperation. my frum republican neighbors are starting to realize that they have been snookered - and they are beginning to realize their stupidity in supporting mccain/palin. THIS SMEAR CAMPAIGN WILL BACKFIRE AND EXPLODE IN THE FACES OF THE REPUBLICANS - because it is so transparently last-minute-desperate and false. —> don’t demand answers from editors —> demand that the false ads be removed and banned.
Beth said:
This is one reason Obama lost the Jewish vote!
OBAMA ADVISOR CALLS for the INVASION OF ISRAEL
http://digg.com/politics/Obama_advis…sion_of_Israel
Richard Silverstein said:
@Beth: You apparently don’t know how to create a proper link & yours is broken.
As with all dog turd emanating from American Thinker and Commentary this is a lie fr. start to finish. First, Samantha Power is not an Obama advisor and has not been for many months.
Second, if the accounts from the right-wing pro-Israel press are true (& given their credibility there’s no reason to trust that they are), what Power advocated (in 2002 I might add) was the U.S. imposing a political solution on both sides of the conflict along the lines of what Bill Clinton should’ve done in Rwanda (but didn’t). The political solution would be guaranteed by a military force which might include U.S. troops (in her proposal–& again only if the right wing sources are describing her views accurately). This, by the way, is an alternative that has been advanced by numerous Mideast analysts both Israeli and American Jewish.
Calling this a military invasion is utter lunacy & shows just how desperate & depraved yr side is now that it appears Obama will win.
C.LEE said:
THEI RJCOALITION AND IT’S DISGUSTING SMEAR CAMPAIGN IS REALLY LOW. IT IS AN EMBARRESSMENT TO OUR COUNTRY.