Anti-Defamation League IS NOT amused (Sinclair's Hyman comments)

[CatWoman]

Letters to the Editor
The Washington Post October 11, 2004


To the Editor:



The statement by Mark Hyman, vice president of the Sinclair Broadcast Group, that the television networks were "acting like Holocaust deniers" with regard to coverage of anti-Kerry veterans groups is grossly inappropriate ("Sinclair Stations to Air Anti-Kerry Documentary," Oct. 11).



Regardless of Mr. Hyman's opinion of the quality of news coverage relating to Presidential campaign issues, his analogy to those who deny the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews and millions of others is insensitive and painful. Usage of Holocaust imagery to score a political point is unacceptable. He should repudiate the comment.


Sincerely,

Abraham H. Foxman
National Director


http://www.adl.org/media_watch/newspapers/20041011-WashPost.htm

[pelagius]

1. Hyman Busted! n/t

[shadu]

2. This is the first time I am in agreement with the ADL!

scary

[Jim Sagle]

4. Your post is just as scary.

[Zuni]

6. The ADL is sometimes right, sometimes wrong

They are right to critize Sinclair, who were using a shameless analogy to score points. But they were wrong to attack Ali G when he did his Borat sketch with the anti-semitic country western song. That was a joke. Ali G is, in fact, an observant Jew.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. I felt that they were wrong

to give an award to Silvio Berlusconi after he more or less praised Mussolini and denied or whitewashed his role in deporting Italian Jews to their deaths at the hands of the Nazis.

Sorry if my opinion on that seems scary.:shrug:

[bbernardini]

3. Well, the media IS run by the Jews...

</freeper>

KIDDING, folks. Some of my best friends are Jewish. In fact, I just finished an e-mail to one of them about coming to my birthday party.

[Jim Sagle]

5. The ADL RRRRRRAWWWWWWWWWKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[underpants]

8. Boy these guys sure are good at this PR thing huh?

Or maybe they just don't care.

[CatWoman]

9. hey, UP!!

:hi:

Sinclair people seem to be the most bigoted, nasty sort.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. Nor am I. This is the single most fucked up thing I have heard this campai

single most fucked up thing I have heard this campaign. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: