Review: Merchants of Truth The Business of News and the Fight for Facts by Jill Abramson (Sort Of)

Jill Abramson 3 Stars This is a crap book that I should have been smart enough to not buy but I overlooked the author’s dubious credentials as a New York Times editor — the “pay to play” standard in the fake news Mainstream Media (MSM). There is nothing really useful in this book, which paints …

Marjorie Cohn: Progressive Except Palestine Problem

The Progressive Except Palestine Problem The Jewish community has a special responsibility to fight Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian lands, says Marjorie Cohn. There is a false equivalency between criticizing Israel and being anti-Semitic. Any criticism of Israeli policy is labeled anti-Semitism, even though many Jews—including members of Jewish Voice for Peace, Jewish Center for …