Are We Sure Jews Control the Media?

The idea that the Jews control the media has been around for as long as the media. Maybe you’ve heard it from Oliver Stone, the wack-job director who said a Jewish cabal prevented him from making a movie he says would put Adolf Hitler (whom Stone has called an “easy scapegoat”) in the proper context. How about Kanye West? The rapper’s tirades over the years include accusing Jews of having “owned the black voice” through behind-the-scenes dominance of all that shows up on American television screens. Or perhaps you heard it from Northwestern University’s “Community for Human Rights,” which argued in a recent Instagram post that any sympathy for murdered Jews in news coverage is a product of “Zionist propaganda.”

Tell that to any Jew who’s watched TV over the past few days. MSNBC in particular has brought mouthpieces for Hamas on its airwaves since the terrorists attacked early Saturday morning. Saturday show host Ali Velshi, who came to the network from Qatari state-run outlet Al Jazeera, blamed the atrocities we’ve seen on Israeli policy and lied numerous times on the air, saying Gazans are unable to leave the high-density areas Israel is striking in response to the terror. Mehdi Hasan, who also joined MSNBC from Al Jazeera — and once referred to non-Muslims as “cattle,” “animals,” and “people of no intelligence” — did the same. Ayman Mohyeldin, an MSNBC commentator who, believe it or not, also used to work for Al Jazeera (spot the pattern?) argued that Israelis had it coming. This isn’t all. From National Review’s Haley Strack:

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Zach Kessel was a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism and a recent graduate of Northwestern University.

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The idea that the Jews control the media has been around for as long as the media. Maybe you’ve heard it from Oliver Stone, the wack-job director who said a Jewish cabal prevented him from making a movie he says would put Adolf Hitler (whom Stone has called an “easy scapegoat”) in the proper context. How about Kanye West? The rapper’s tirades over the years include accusing Jews of having “owned the black voice” through behind-the-scenes dominance of all that shows up on American television screens. Or perhaps you heard it from Northwestern University’s “Community for Human Rights,” which argued in a recent Instagram post that any sympathy for murdered Jews in news coverage is a product of “Zionist propaganda.”

Tell that to any Jew who’s watched TV over the past few days. MSNBC in particular has brought mouthpieces for Hamas on its airwaves since the terrorists attacked early Saturday morning. Saturday show host Ali Velshi, who came to the network from Qatari state-run outlet Al Jazeera, blamed the atrocities we’ve seen on Israeli policy and lied numerous times on the air, saying Gazans are unable to leave the high-density areas Israel is striking in response to the terror. Mehdi Hasan, who also joined MSNBC from Al Jazeera — and once referred to non-Muslims as “cattle,” “animals,” and “people of no intelligence” — did the same. Ayman Mohyeldin, an MSNBC commentator who, believe it or not, also used to work for Al Jazeera (spot the pattern?) argued that Israelis had it coming. This isn’t all. From National Review’s Haley Strack: