Chomsky and Front Page
Oliver criticises the New Statesman's journalist, Andrew Stephen, for alleging that Noam Chomsky's critics call him, among other things, "an anti-Semite".Oliver continues:
It makes you wonder whom Stephen has spoken to. We critics charge Chomsky with a few, broad and serious charges. He is not an antisemite...
I was wondering too, so I searched google for [Chomsky "Anti semite"]. And hey presto! The second link is for Front Page magazine, the ultra-right wing US journal. It is titled,, "Noam Chomsky and the New anti-semitism". It is a review of a book, apparently alleging the same, by Front Page's editor, David Horowitz.
Oliver must know this as he used to be (edit- I am informed by OK that the links were severed at some point late last year) a columnist on Front Page magazine. The Wikipedia entry has a section 'allegations of anti-semitism' which quotes Frontpage journalist, Steven Plaut as calling Chomsky "a vicious anti-Semite".
posted by Matthew @ 6/15/2006 08:07:00 PM
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