Read the whole thing, not just the exceprted paragraphs...http://www.alternet.org/story/148842/clearing_up_the_truth_on_glenn_beck%27s_nazi_obsession_and_repulsive_anti-semitismClearing Up the Truth on Glenn Beck's Nazi Obsession and Repulsive Anti-Semitism
Fabricating a story about Soros' childhood involvement in the seizure of Jewish property under the Nazis is a major escalation by Fox's Beck.November 13, 2010 |
On Wednesday, Glenn Beck and the leadership of Fox News made a mockery of their commitment to me and two rabbis. Let me take a few steps back to tell you why what happened scares me.
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As some may know, I was the subject of a personal attack by Glenn Beck in May of this year. Responding to an article I wrote supporting a government role to advance the common good, Beck scolded me, declaring that my words "are what led to the death camps in Germany" and that I "as a Jew, should know better." To discuss this and similar comments, on July 26 I joined rabbis Steve Gutow and David Ellenson, on behalf of 14 prominent leaders of national Jewish organizations, in a meeting with Fox News president Roger Ailes and the producer of Glenn Beck's television show, Joel Cheatwood. We spoke for almost an hour about the concerns held by many Jews about Glenn Beck's constant and often inappropriate invocation of the Holocaust and Nazi Germany on the air.
Ailes and Cheatwood assured us they understood our concerns and would explain them to Beck. Two days later, I received a handwritten note from Beck: "Simon, Joel shared the details of your meeting yesterday. Please know that I understand the sensitivity and sacred nature of this dark chapter in Human History. Thank you for your candor and helpful thoughts."
On Wednesday, Glenn Beck and the leadership of Fox News made a mockery of their professed understanding. In his own words, "George Soros used to go around with this anti-Semite and deliver papers to the Jews and confiscate their property and then ship them off. And George Soros was part of it. He would help confiscate the stuff. It was frightening. Here's a Jewish boy helping send the Jews to the death camps."
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Yet according to Glenn Beck, Soros "is a collaborator" who "saw people into the gas chambers." So what's the truth? It's no secret. Here is the account provided by Michael T. Kaufman in his 2002 biography, Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire.
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Of all the new Tea Party leaders, Glenn Beck is one of the most vitriolic, and -- with more than 800 hours of on-air time a year -- the most visible.
His portrayal of Soros today as the "Puppet Master," as the special was called, evokes anti-Semitic stereotypes from the "devaluer of many currencies" and "advocate for one world government" to "anti-American" and "thinks he's smarter than the rest of us."MORE
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