@davidharsanyi It's like blood libel, once removed.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) July 2, 2014
Hey, remember that time Vox wasn’t a hotbed of shameless hackery? Yeah, neither do we. Today, writer Max Fisher undertook the admirable task of Voxsplaining how Israel is exploiting the murders of three teens in order to bully those poor Palestinians.
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/484411232636895232
No, really. Here’s how Fisher kicked things off:
Twenty days after three Israeli high school students were kidnapped in the West Bank merely for being there, two days after they were found murdered in an apparent execution by Hamas members, and one day after Israelis gathered nationally to mourn the deaths, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies on Israel’s political right appear to have extracted what they wanted from the crisis.
Nice, huh?
Shorter Vox: Israel is getting what it wants by making a big fuss about a few bad apples in Hamas.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) July 2, 2014
.@SethAMandel Never fails, does it? It's like there's this dip in the conspiracist head-space that eventually causes 'em to blame the Jews.
— Moe Lane (@Ogiel23) (@moelane) July 2, 2014
I had honestly expected that "explanatory journalism" would involve more feigned objectivity & less "the Jews had it coming."
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) July 2, 2014
But this is Vox we’re dealing with.
FLASHBACK: Vox Is Latin For "Just Blame The Jews For Everything" http://t.co/raf3wnVZQo
— The Federalist (@FDRLST) July 2, 2014
And actual journalism is nowhere to be found.
Commentary assistant editor Seth Mandel was rightfully repulsed:
.@SethAMandel is voxconstructing a voxsplanation of Why Jews Are Evil https://t.co/5gNQ5y5tEK
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) July 2, 2014
And he didn’t hold back:
http://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484396198934347776
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484401199995973632
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484401540489543680
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484401824389431296
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484401982812475392
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484402272001347585
@SethAMandel @irishspy Without the kidnapping and murder, there wouldn't have been a crisis in the first place.
— Norma Connors (@NormaConnors) July 2, 2014
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484402597957472256
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484404465437773826
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484404665568989184
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484404957484187649
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484405111767461889
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484405294051913729
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484405795841658881
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484406205675474944
http://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484407251948818432
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484407371545198592
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484407841839931392
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484408172107792384
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484408317855686656
http://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484408552506019840
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484408602342752256
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/484408629357854720
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484409042228764673
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/484409579095470081
Wisdom from Vox? Not a chance.
@SethAMandel Best rant I've read in days, maybe weeks. Lunacy, thy name is Vox.
— Ted Smith (@PapaTUtah) July 2, 2014
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