BB = Before Blogs
BC, AD, and BB. Before blogs, exactly how often could you read something like this — Philip Weiss (a Jewish journalist) criticizing pro-Israel bias among powerful (Jewish) journalists? Exactly never. Illustrating Tyler Cowen’s point that blogging allows him to say what he really thinks.
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:12 pm
You gotta be kidding. Before blogs, Jewish journalists never criticized each other on the topic of Israel???? C’mon.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:59 pm
What’s an example, Andrew?
June 3rd, 2008 at 4:05 am
Just so many it’s hard to know where to begin . . . Jews are notorious for disagreeing with each other and journalists are no exception . . . look at some back issues of the Village Voice, or to go further back, all the writings of the so-called New York Intellectuals . . . Norman Podhoretz . . . Hannah Arendt . . . I’m sure you can find lots of lesser names too. Journalists criticize other journalists all the time.
June 3rd, 2008 at 4:45 am
What Philip Weiss wrote was not merely an example of “[Jewish] journalists criticizing other [Jewish] journalists”. It was very specific criticism: criticism of pro-Israel bias. It is this specific criticism that I claim is very rare or non-existent. If I’m wrong I’m happy to learn that — but you haven’t provided an example. It is too vague to say “back issues of the Village Voice” or “Norman Podhoretz” or “Hannah Arendt” (who wasn’t a journalist).
June 4th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Hey, you’re the one who made the “exactly never” claim. I think if you go to back issues of the Village Voice you’d find about 3 zillion examples of Jewish journalists criticizing other Jewish journalists of pro-Israel bias. Since neither of us is being paid to do this, I doubt either of our assertions will ever be checked, but that’s my impression.
June 4th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
“3 zillion examples” exist and you can’t give one?