Seems kind of weird. They also took down another "attacker," Steven Reddicliffe:
What the hell? The question isn't whether or not Fox News actually did doctor these photos: obviously, they did, and a spokeswoman for the company said that it is common practice on cable news networks to photoshop pictures of people, but why do it this way? First of all, this is some terrible, me-level photoshopping. Second of all, it looks like pictures straight out of 30s German propaganda, and not even the good stuff, like Leni Riefenstahl. Can you imagine them taking a picture of, say, Al Sharpton, and doctoring some huge red lips on it? Shameful.And yet some people say that anti-Semitism is not a factor, or is unimportant compared to various other forms of prejudice. As if it's a contest.
Vanity Fair has gotten into the game, posting a bunch of ridiculous photos of Fox News personalities, although in this case I would imagine it would not be in their best interest to shylock somebody already Jewish, like Bill Kristol. Speaking of Bill Kristol, I just saw the movie Arguing the World and I would like to talk about it at some point. Not that it has anything to do with Bill, but the deep lack of respect Irving Kristol's peers now hold for him is telling, I think.
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That Jacques Steinberg pictures makes his nose look more African-American than Jewy.
Who says that Antisemitism is not a factor/unimportant? I don't really think these pictures make these people look more "Jewish" at all though. I'm not sure what they wanted to accomplish, but they both just look like trolls with huge foreheads. I could see if they doctored them to have Jewish-looking noses, but the one dude's nose is just mad wide, and the Reddicliffe picture just makes his eyes have horribly dark circles under them, which is not a trait that is associated with Jews either.
Far be it from me to defend Fox News, but to me it seems like they exaggerated the worst features of these people to make them look bad, without any thought to resembling a particular group of people. And the photoshopping is really terrible.
Hmmm....also...I'm just curious as to why you believe that this racist caricature situation on Fox News is any different or more offensive than the situation regarding a particularly ignorant/racist Halloween costume. It seems to me that you understand the genesis of the argument, and that you probably even agree with it, you just didn't think that the person who wore that shit was an egregious offender or whatever because she appears not to actually be racist.
I do not mean to bring up this subject YET AGAIN but I find it curious how your position on the exact same issue changes whether it is a friend of yours who perpetrates the offense or if it's a conservative news outlet that does it. To me, the two incidents are exactly the same in the sense that they both advance horrific stereotypes about groups of people, and since they are along a similar vein, I think that they both should be addressed equally.
You should really respond to comments on your blog; it can stimulate dialogue.
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