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Max Blumenthal: Too Extreme for German Commies, Just Right for the New York Times

Posted By Daniel Greenfield On December 8, 2014 @ 9:26 am In The Point | 8 Comments

How bad is the New York Times?

A party of East German Commies gave Max Blumenthal the boot for being a bigot. The left-wing Forward called his book the “I Hate Israel” handbook. His colleague at The Nation said it could have been put out by “The Friends of Hamas Book Club.”

One of Blumenthal’s smears about Israel was picked up by the Neo-Nazi gunman responsible for the Kansas City Jewish community center shootings.

But the influence of Clinton adviser Sidney Blumenthal is still strong enough to get his racist son in at the New York Times. (hat tip to Jamie Kirchik for the link and headline)

Blumenthal rants about how far “rightward” Israel has gone. That’s an ironic accusation coming from a man so far to the left that even German Communists find him extreme and even critics of Israel consider him anti-Semitic.

Max Blumenthal has called for the destruction of Israel. So maybe the New York Times should have looked a little closely at his claims about Israel.

But of course they didn’t.

Instead Blumenthal gets a free hand to make the case for Israel’s destruction via “Zionism is Racism”. Because creepy bigotry that even German Communists will draw the line at is still good enough for the old gray lady.

The New York Times really has no standards.


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