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Washington Post Retracts Bernie Sanders Image After Charges of Anti-Semitism
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wont someone think of the billionaires who made their fortune robbing laborers of their capital
I think it's ridiculous to assume that billionaire bodybuilder bezos takes time out of his days to pick headlining photos for his side project of a newspaper.
Equating criticism of Bezos to being Trumpian is some dumb shit. You should feel embarrassed by this post.
I think its ridiculous someone thinks this is what anyone is suggesting instead of realizing a paper owned by such a person is implicitly going to be influenced by said owner's positions. The media isn't neutral.
^^
This photo was found after searching for the photo to fit a message. It wasn't the first good photo found.
cool, who was actually explicitly saying this
Jeff can make an account here and cry about it if he's torn up about it
That photo was absolutely intentionally chosen to evoke a particular emotion. There's like a zillion others they could have chosen.
Nah.
Criticism can be based on legitimate or illegitimate reasons. Claims can be independently evaluated
That's kind of my point. I feel like it's mot interesting what else they can find from this.
Sigh. What the fuck is this?They also dropped this hot sack of shit last year:
I initially thought it was a mistake or an error but that AOC piece of it confirms that it's definitely intentional on the editors part. Shame on you WaPo.
What is it with the claim that anything remotely hyperbolic is "just like Trump" even when it's coming from left-wing people, I've seen it several times
you guys know hyperbole is an age-old rhetoric tool that predates the fascist we have in the White House, right
you guys know hyperbole is an age-old rhetoric tool that predates the fascist we have in the White House, right
Please show the receipts where people specifically in this thread are saying this was an order direct from Bezos.
Also, fuck Bezos. He doesn't need a defense force. You don't have to look far for research to see that WaPo handles its owner and the company he runs with kiddy gloves.
Cross reference this list with stormfronters
My favorite part of this post is that it implies the Post usually writes glowing articles about Sanders 😂
Wapo doesn't like Bernie and chose an image that played into negative stereotypes. It's plainly obvious
Uhh "in question"? That is blatant as fuck. That image macro only has ONE intent. Thats the most blatant anti Semitic shit I've seen in months.
Goddamn it takes brass ones to print that shit and expect people to not notice. The fuck is their problem.
Don't do that. If you want to criticize Bezos theres a million ways to do it. But hes not writing articles or deciding artwork daily. Give him shit, but be straight about it at least.
Goddamn it takes brass ones to print that shit and expect people to not notice. The fuck is their problem.
Don't do that. If you want to criticize Bezos theres a million ways to do it. But hes not writing articles or deciding artwork daily. Give him shit, but be straight about it at least.
He doesn't have to. They know where their bread is buttered.
Is there some evidence of Bezos being an antisemite that I missed?
I mean there's plenty of stuff to criticize him about, but people somehow making the connect that this is what he wants seems weird.
I mean there's plenty of stuff to criticize him about, but people somehow making the connect that this is what he wants seems weird.
Assuming that Bezos had something to do with it, he (or whoever is doing this) wouldn't have to be antisemitic himself to think that evoking antisemitic stereotypes to hurt Sanders might be effective.
Billionaires want to protect their power.
Certain politicians threaten their power.
That should get you started
Glad they took it down. I don't know the Post's arrangement for covering the primary candidates, whether it's one or two politics reporters per major campaign under a single editor or what. And there's the complication that this relates to campaign finance so may have been handled by the finance desk. Whatever the structure is the paper ought to be looking at who makes these decisions.
The same applies to the other candidates of course.
The same applies to the other candidates of course.
Progressive politicians are about the only check to billionaire power. They fear progressive voters and policy.
I get that Bernie might not be Bezos' preference, but the assumption that he would be ok with using anti-Semitic tactics that have the potential to damage the reputation of his newspaper seems to like a leap to me. Hence the question about if there's some story I missed.
You people behave like microaggresion against Jews and other minorities isn't an everyday thing
Uh I don't think you need the "might' there. Anyone who is a threat to his own pockets or Amazon's bottom line is an enemy to Bezos. Just like any billionaire.
Not at all, just though maybe I missed some specific instance of Bezos being shitty (there are so many).
This is a good example of how to tell an actual anti-semitic greed trope from calling out real greed of a person or organization who happens to be jewish. There's absolutely no reason for them to use a greedy framing there other than the fact that Bernie is jewish.
Well, intentionally antisemitic or not, they are certainly unflattering photos and there does seem to be a pattern.
I wasn't actually aware of the "greedily rubbing your hands" stereotype originated (?) as a Jewish caricature. So I'm glad this thread enlightened me on this matter. Seeing as others more well-versed have noticed it, I assume there's an issue. I'm used to seeing this kind of stuff regardless of intentions, so it never would've occurred to me it could be malicous. Kinda a stinker.
