Obama's historic win revives the black-Jewish civil rights alliance
Shlomo Shamir
Nov 06, 2008
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1034853.html
The historic alliance between blacks and Jews, which was forged during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, laid the groundwork for the spirit and social climate that led to the election of the first black president of the United States. That is the main message of members of the black and Jewish communities who commented yesterday on Barack Obama's victory.
The feeling among leaders and community activists was that the election's result was a kind of belated political benefit of the African- and Jewish-American partnership, in an effort to promote social values, particularly civil rights and tolerance.
"No other sector of American society provided a stronger and more consistent reservoir of support in the struggle of African-Americans than the Jewish community," said Marc Schneier, an Orthodox rabbi who 20 years ago established the Foundation for Ethical Understanding. Schneier is the author of the book "Shared Dreams" documenting the relationship between Martin Luther King and the Jewish community (with a preface by King).
"The historic partnership between the two communities is what led to the significant changes in the areas of equality and tolerance in American society, the results of which we saw Tuesday," he said.
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Time's Halperin Scolds Press for 'Extreme Pro-Obama Bias'
Time's Halperin Scolds Press for 'Extreme Pro-Obama Bias'
Warner Todd Huston
Nov 23, 2008
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/11/23/
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The Politico reported on November 22 that Time Magazine's Mark Halperin scolded the media for it's sycophantic treatment of Barack Obama during this election cycle calling the favorable treatment "the most disgusting failure" of the press he's seen for years. "It was extreme bias, extreme pro-Obama coverage," Halperin said at a Politico/USC conference held on Friday.
It's all pretty amusing, though, to see Mark Helprin complain that his fellow journalists didn't do a good job reporting on Obama's record because back in March, NewsBusters reported on how Halperin himself was claiming that Obama represented a "centrist" politician despite the fact that Obama has the most liberal voting record in the Senate! What happened to being tough on The One then?
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In essence, to the charge of pro-Obama bias, the media is shrugging its collective shoulders and saying, "Yeah, well so what?" And we should all realize that the media has no intentions at all to mend its ways.
Warner Todd Huston
Nov 23, 2008
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/11/23/
times-halperin-scolds-press-extreme-pro-obama-bias
The Politico reported on November 22 that Time Magazine's Mark Halperin scolded the media for it's sycophantic treatment of Barack Obama during this election cycle calling the favorable treatment "the most disgusting failure" of the press he's seen for years. "It was extreme bias, extreme pro-Obama coverage," Halperin said at a Politico/USC conference held on Friday.
It's all pretty amusing, though, to see Mark Helprin complain that his fellow journalists didn't do a good job reporting on Obama's record because back in March, NewsBusters reported on how Halperin himself was claiming that Obama represented a "centrist" politician despite the fact that Obama has the most liberal voting record in the Senate! What happened to being tough on The One then?
[..]
In essence, to the charge of pro-Obama bias, the media is shrugging its collective shoulders and saying, "Yeah, well so what?" And we should all realize that the media has no intentions at all to mend its ways.
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