Speaking of bigotry, the Times profiled Arab-American voters in Dearborn over the summer for a splashy piece about “How Joe Biden Loses Michigan.” A video essay asked, “Does President Biden realize how angry some voters in Michigan are—specifically, Arab Americans?”
What the piece didn’t tell readers was what several of the Arab voters profiled in the piece said off camera. Activist Amer Zahr urged Arabs and Muslims to “stop condemning anti-Semitism.” The imam of the Islamic Center of Central Detroit said of Israel last year, “may Allah eradicate them from existence.” Wissam Charafeddine, an employee of the Dearborn public school system, said on social media that “Israel deserves elimination more than Hamas.” And on and on.
What the Times can’t say to its readers is that a key, perhaps the key, Democratic voting bloc is composed of anti-Semitic nuts. The result is misleading coverage that hides the ball and deflects the blame.
This is the weaponization of anti-Semitism, but for once it is not the left that is doing the weaponizing, and it is not the Jews who are the target. We salute the Future Coalition PAC and acquit them of all charges.
What the Times can’t say to its readers is that a key, perhaps the key, Democratic voting bloc is composed of anti-Semitic nuts. The result is misleading coverage that hides the ball and deflects the blame.
To be fair, “misleading coverage that hides the ball and deflects the blame” is the NYT’s stock in trade nowadays.