Henry Ford Deserves Exposure, Not a Pass, for Spreading Hatred

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Henry Ford was one of the world’s greatest industrialists and a philanthropist who founded Henry Ford Hospital. But he was also a world-class anti-Semite, who spread hatred of Jews through his Dearborn Independent newspaper and a book, "The International Jew."

Hitler called him an inspiration and mentioned him in the infamous book "Mein Kampf." His writings live on in infamy among hate groups, as Deadline Detroit co-founder Bill McGraw pointed out in an article he wrote for The Dearborn Historian, an issue the mayor recently killed before it could be mailed to subscribers. ***(see note at end of story).

So with all we know about Henry Ford, why has he been given a pass? Why did the current mayor feel compelled to soften the harshness of history?

Is it money? Is it that it would be a nightmare to remove his name from Dearborn's museum, performing arts center, manhole covers and more? Does money trump all?

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1. Detroit Journalism Group Joins Outcry Over 'an Act of Censorship' by Dearborn's Mayor

The local chapter of a group representing print, broadcast and online journalists adds its voice to widening condemnation of Dearborn's mayor for blocking a city history magazine's distribution.

"SPJ Detroit condemns these actions and calls on those who believe in a free press to join our protest of this attempt of censorship," says an eight-paragraph statement from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) branch in Detroit. Its news release was issued the same day as a rebuke by the national director of the Anti-Defamation League.

The backlash arises a week after Mayor John B. O'Reilly recalled printed copies of Vol. 55, No. 3 of The Dearborn Historian. He dislikes its special report documenting Henry Ford's extensive anti-Semitism, written by award-winning Detroit journalist Bill McGraw and posted Jan. 24 by this news site. (A video below has WDIV coverage of the controversy.)

"Any effort to suppress the dissemination of factual information is an act of censorship and goes against our country's long tradition of freedom of the press," says Beth Konrad, SPJ chapter president. She's a former broadcast journalist now working as a communication consultant and adjunct instructor at Wayne State University, where she earned a master's degree in communications.

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