Comments on: Pro-Israel Family’s Control of ‘New Republic’ in Jeopardy? http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/03/01/pro-israel-familys-control-of-new-republic-in-jeopardy/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:07:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nick http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/03/01/pro-israel-familys-control-of-new-republic-in-jeopardy/comment-page-1/#comment-107296 Nick Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:31:38 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=6207#comment-107296 TNR's slavishly pro Israel line, which was only entrusted to a few writers like Klein Halevy, Chait and Peretz to espouse, became the cancer that corrupted the magazine's intellectual foundations. It led it to loudly support the Iraq war in 2003, a position that dealt TNR's credibility a body blow from which it has never recovered, much like that suffered by the New York Times. If TNR goes under it will at least show that there is some accountability for those gung ho journalists who so vocally cheered for an immoral, unjust and illegal war. Good riddance I say. TNR’s slavishly pro Israel line, which was only entrusted to a few writers like Klein Halevy, Chait and Peretz to espouse, became the cancer that corrupted the magazine’s intellectual foundations. It led it to loudly support the Iraq war in 2003, a position that dealt TNR’s credibility a body blow from which it has never recovered, much like that suffered by the New York Times.

If TNR goes under it will at least show that there is some accountability for those gung ho journalists who so vocally cheered for an immoral, unjust and illegal war. Good riddance I say.

]]> By: MJ Rosenberg http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/03/01/pro-israel-familys-control-of-new-republic-in-jeopardy/comment-page-1/#comment-107283 MJ Rosenberg Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:27:59 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=6207#comment-107283 I think George Soros should buy it and turn it back into the magazine it once was. And he should make Spencer Ackerman the editor. Problem solved. I think George Soros should buy it and turn it back into the magazine it once was.
And he should make Spencer Ackerman the editor.
Problem solved.

]]> By: Amos http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/03/01/pro-israel-familys-control-of-new-republic-in-jeopardy/comment-page-1/#comment-107261 Amos Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:39:50 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=6207#comment-107261 Looks like everyone is taking a dive in this climate-especially now Mexican Jewry. Looks like everyone is taking a dive in this climate-especially now Mexican Jewry.

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