Thread by @SethAMandel

The amount (and type) of coverage antisemitism receives in much of the US media depends *entirely* on the perpetrator and not the victims. Even in our own story we are relegated to pawns in a political narrative, complete afterthoughts.

https://twitter.com/MaxAbrahms/status/1484273753307717637

At the same time we have to be careful what we wish for. I remember expressing my frustration at the left-of-center blackout on antisemitism and then seeing articles like this and thinking maybe the silence is the least-bad option here

I mean just look at the Sharpton thing. We want left-leaning pubs and networks to talk about antisemitism, so MSNBC brings on the guy who led an actual pogrom.

I guess what we should start with is, rather, that every single major left-leaning publication and network--every single one--needs someone on staff who doesn't see antisemitism through a partisan lens. None has the personnel to responsibly talk about antisemitism.

If you want to understand something you have to make an effort to do so. At least NYT is honest: Bari brought up antisemitism and was pushed out. NYT made the point clearly it does not care. Other pubs pretend, then do nothing about it.

When I tweeted and wrote about this in Commentary, ppl on here were shocked. This isn't investigative journalism I just watched on TV what our members of Congress said on the House floor! And ppl had no idea! You have to try to *not* cover this stuff

https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/1403030452596838401?t=8E8zOIgWD2mOtdaPZFp1lw&s=19

And btw when AOC and the rest of the Squad (and Squad wannabes) did this, it was during a widespread outbreak in anti-Jewish violence coast to coast. And they used that time to hold an hour-long blood libel-palooza on the House floor. And... crickets.

Anybody ask Cori Bush why she connected Israel with Ferguson and called it "Jerusalem, Palestine"? No, no one's curious, huh. Anyway, brief review in here of the various bonkers things they all said that day: commentary.org/articles/seth-…

In sum, no it is not surprising that the enlightened West immediately lost interest in a shul taken hostage. It would be strange if they didn't.