Last year, in the First Post, I discussed the ‘New McCarthyism’- the worrying trend for people to be hounded out of their jobs by certain lobby groups for expressing the ‘wrong‘ opinions.
Here‘s another example, from America. Octavia Nasr apologised for her ‘tweet‘ in which she talked of her ‘respect’ for the Lebanese theologian Ayatollah Fadlallah. But as David Cairns points out in the First Post, her "reasoned and reasonable clarification" was not enough- and Ms Nasr’s twenty-year career with CNN is now at an end.
Another victory for the New McCarthyites.
UPDATE: It seems that the British Ambassador to Lebanon is the latest target of the New McCarthyites.
Here’s a couple of the comments underneath the article:
Frances Guy should be sacked immediately
Melanie, please start a e-petition to get her sacked
Go for it, New McCarthyites! We can’t have people in positions of authority expressing opinions with which you disagree, can we?
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HI, Sorry this isn't a comment about mcCarthyism but I've started a Erich Fromm party of sorts, how would I get in contact with you, if you'd like to know more about it?
It is pretty well known now that Jews control the mass media in the US and majority of senior government positions and that the Neocons are primarily Jewish Zionists which even Jewish publications admit.
That’s why the AEI can promote anti-Muslim hysteria like Wilders or that black women who converted from Islam in Holland yet support Muslim states with Islamist connections and ties to groups like HAMAS, Hezbollah, etc when it suits US geo-political advantage in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya and North Caucasus, Central Asia and Xinjing but not in Palestine.
Neocons are primarily Jewish Zionists which even Jewish publications admit.
That’s why the AEI can promote anti-Muslim hysteria like Wilders or that black women who converted from Islam in Holland yet support Muslim states with Islamist connections and ties to groups like HAMAS, Hezbollah, etc when it suits US geo-political advantage in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya and North Caucasus, Central Asia and Xinjing but not in Palestine.
Actually the worst instance of mass media hysteria was the whole Jade Goody Celebrity Big Brother incident.
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