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Honestly the first two paragraphs of this article alone indicate that this article is a polemic intended to stir up a pogrom against so-called elites. This isn'
by amyjess 5y ago
Honestly the first two paragraphs of this article alone indicate that this article is a polemic intended to stir up a pogrom against so-called elites. This isn't intellectually gratifying: it's an angry political screed.
Furthermore, as a Jewish person myself something else jumped out at me: there is a long, long, long history of the word "elites" being associated with control over the media as an antisemitic dogwhistle. Any Jewish person will read this, see "the media is controlled by elites", and immediately understand that this is a restatement of antisemitic conspiracy theories that are over a century old. This article is wildly irresponsible.
- jwond 5y agoI’m getting really fed up with people lobbing accusations of bigotry to try and dismiss others’ concerns and criticisms without actually providing any substantial counter-argument.
- superflit 5y agoNot being anti-semitic. But is the article false?
- longtimegoogler 5y agoI would say it jumps to unsupported conclusions. It is true that few companies own most of the mainstream media produced in this country. As someone else who worked at one of these companies stated, that these companies are just pedaling propaganda to serve elites or oligarchs needs much more evidence to substantiate such claims. Most of these are public companies whose primary motives are just to make a profit. These companies have millions of employees with diverse opinions and diverse sources of content production. So, I think the article oversteps its claims that the mdeia in this country just serves the interest of some set of elites.
- eli_gottlieb 5y agoI gotta say, if you always read "elites" as being Jewish, then you're not just a priori ruling out any sort of class analysis, you're missing how antisemitic many of the non-Jewish elites actually are!