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Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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JNS's Ruthie Blum joins us today to discuss three New York Times articles that point to a disturbing trend with regards to the paper's coverage of Israel - Israel's absence from a list of New York's best restaurants, a piece on supposed Israeli manipulation of the Eurovision Song Contest, and Nicholas Kristof's piece alleging Israel trained dogs to rape Palestinians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the best.
0:09.0	Some drinks can make, some die of birds.
0:14.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:18.0	Hope for the best, expect the worst. Welcome to the Comment and Expect the worst.
0:20.9	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily
0:24.6	podcast. Today is Tuesday, May 12,
0:27.0	2026. I'm
0:28.8	John Potth Hoare. It's the editor of Commentary
0:30.6	Magazine with me, as always, executive editor,
0:32.7	Abe Greenwald. Hi, Abe.
0:34.3	Hi, John.
0:35.6	Washington Free Beacon Editor
0:37.0	Eliana Johnson. Hi, Eliana. Hi, John. Washington Free Beacon Editor Eliana Johnson.
0:38.0	Hi, Eliana.
0:39.1	Hi, John.
0:40.0	And joining us today, Jewish News Syndicate columnist, editor and host, co-host of the Israel
0:47.5	undiplomatic podcast, my sister, direct from Tel Aviv, Ruthie Bloom.
0:52.6	Hi, Ruthie.
0:54.1	Dada. Hello. Hi, Ruthie.
0:54.3	Dada.
0:55.0	Hello.
0:56.3	Hi.
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