Letters to the Editor

Discussing Israel/Gaza on right-wing talk radio I had an unexpectedly substantive discussion of the Middle East and the "Islamic threat" on "The Hugh Hewitt Show" last night. Glenn Greenwald [2009-01-06]

• Excellent Job, Glenn

  But 50% of what you've been noting and arguing about the past week is not only American policy towards Israel, but your notion that there is a squelching of dissent at work in this country (by forces unseen) that limit the ability for media and/or government officials to speak the "truth" of the conflict.

  All subsequent reporting that I've seen on our cable networks notes the very issues you claim are ignored -- the death of Palestinian civilians, the disproportionate death toll of Palestinians versus Israelis in the conflict, and the general feeling that the international community must get involved.

  You no longer speak of paranoid fears of media silencing at work in Congress and in our media.

  I hope the next few weeks, when I expect we'll see more criticism of Israel across our country if this conflict continues, as well as your own amplification in the national media for speaking the very ideas you claim are anathema to the media you are a part of (oh O'Reillian irony), help you to rethink your position.

  Claiming that there are hidden forces squelching dissent towards Israel treads in long familiar historical territory, and not only is it obviously not true on the facts, it is dangerous for what it inspires (as we saw in the uglier posts in your comments threads).

  Also, I wish you'd told Hewitt he's a fraud. Watching him try to reinvent himself as a "thinker" in the age of conservative failure after his years of reactionary hate-filled spew is as hilarious as it is pathetic.

  -- WinSmith
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