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At 12:26 20-04-16 -0400, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote: > >On 4/20/16 12:09 PM, Jeff wrote: >> On 2016-04-20 17:46, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote: >>>> >>>> http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/20/america-is-staring-into-the-abyss-and -preparing-to-jump > >Look, I have my problems with Jeff St. Clair but it would be impossible >for him to go through all the articles he publishes. Well I accept that they did pull the article when the antisemitic content was pointed out to them so I'm not accusing Counterpunch of promoting such trash.But I'm not very forgiving of those who forward material without actually reading it or having it checked out, and although mistakes can be made, what one forwards (without a disclaimer or explanation) is entirely their responsibility. But more to the point, although the Counterpunch editors may well have missed the remarks about "the Jews" when skimming the article, they must have directly edited the note about the author that accompanied the article: Greg Felton is ..... the author of The Host and the ParasiteHow Israels Fifth Column Consumed America.... Well to have included that note, and just making sure that it was grammatical, you'd think some eyebrows would have been raised! So I'd say that whoever was doing the copy edit was extremely lacking in judgement. To the extent that they'd easily mistake a right-wing "anti-imperialist" piece for something of value. Which is exactly what's happening -- not just affecting Counterpunch of course -- throughout the left, as is regularly decried by regulars on this list. I could hardly make an excuse for Counterpunch just because they don't have time to fully read through their voluminous submissions. - Jeff >tooth comb. Counterpunch is more like a bulletin board that relies on >the trustworthiness of people who have been vetted to some extent by >Jeff and by Cockburn before him. As far as I can tell, Felton only wrote _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
