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Two Nice Jewish Boys

#284 - Proving The New York Times' Anti-Israel Bias (Lilac Sigan)

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7804 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The New York Times has never been a great friend of the Jewish People. 80 years ago, for example, during the Holocaust, what was arguably the most important American outlet didn’t do much to expose its readers to the atrocities that led to the Holocaust, nor the atrocity of the Holocauset itself. What’s even more amazing, is that the publisher of the NYT during that period was a Jew - Arthur Hays Sulzberger. In modern times, it seems like the Times constantly takes the pro-Palestinian angle, even when it means spreading actual fake news. Only a year ago, in a list of the child victims of the war in Gaza, the NYT included a photo of a kid who died 7 years prior in Ramallah. That is why our guest today, renowned Maariv columnist and author Lilac Sigan, has decided to take it upon herself to carefully trace the NYT’s coverage of Israel on a day-to-day basis, and to conclude once and for all how biased they actually are. We’re super happy and excited to have Lilac here with us today to talk about the NYT, Israel and fake news. Lilac's twitter: https://twitter.com/lilacsigan (Photo by Yoram Esheim)

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0:00.0

This is Aiton Weinstein.

0:01.7

And I'm Na Or Meninger, and you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.

0:26.6

The New York Times has never been a great friend of the Jewish people. 80 years ago, for example, during the Holocaust, what was arguably the most important American news outlet

0:32.6

didn't do much to expose its readers to the atrocities that led to the Holocaust, nor to the atrocity

0:39.7

of the Holocaust itself. What's even more amazing is that the publisher of the New York Times

0:44.6

during that period was a Jew, Arthur Hayes Salzberger. In modern times, it seems like the

0:50.2

Times constantly takes the pro-Palestinian angle, even when it means spreading actual fake

0:56.1

news. Only a year ago in a list of the child victims of the war in Gaza, the New York Times

1:01.1

included a photo of a kid who died seven years prior in Ramallah. That is why our guest today,

1:07.7

renowned Ma'ariv columnist and author, Lilakh Sagan, has decided to take

1:12.9

it upon herself to carefully trace the New York Times coverage of Israel on a day-to-day basis

1:18.3

and to conclude once and for all how biased they actually are. We're super happy, super

1:25.5

thrilled to have Lilakh here with us today to talk about the New York Times,

1:29.5

talk about Israel, and to talk about fake news. Thank you so much for joining us. How are you?

1:33.2

Thank you for inviting me. I'm glad to be here.

1:35.9

So how did it start this endeavor?

1:37.9

Well, the truth is it actually started about 20 years ago, maybe even 22.

1:44.9

During the second Intifada, I took some time off work then.

1:49.1

I had two little girls at home.

1:51.6

And I was on the internet a lot.

1:55.1

It was actually the beginning of internet, really, that we didn't really do that before.

2:00.7

And suddenly, you know, you could read the New York Times from Israel.

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