Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Charlie Rose interview of Robert Novak via Gorilla in the Room by Brian on 9/6/07 Robert Novak tells it like it is, once again.
CHARLIE ROSE: Is it hard for a journalist to criticize Israel? ROBERT NOVAK: Well, you suffer if you do. I think. CHARLIE ROSE: Have you suffered? ROBERT NOVAK: Oh, yes. CHARLIE ROSE: How have you suffered? ROBERT NOVAK: I lost papers because of it. Advertisers dropped their--threatened newspapers. They did drop the Evans and Novak column that-- CHARLIE ROSE: But the Evans and Novak column is history. I`m talking about today, today. ROBERT NOVAK: But that is history. You say, is it hard to criticize Israel? Yes. And I have suffered because of it. CHARLIE ROSE: Is that issue out in the open now more than it was? ROBERT NOVAK: No. I think it`s still-- CHARLIE ROSE: The Israeli lobby has too much influence on American foreign policy? ROBERT NOVAK: I think it [The Israeli Lobby]has a lot of influence. CHARLIE ROSE: Too much? ROBERT NOVAK: Yes, I felt it has too much, and I believe that the--the--that the--both parties now are so committed to trying to get the Jewish community in support--it`s a very small community in numbers, but large in financial support and influence--that it`s very hard to take these positions. [Charlie Rose show, August 3, 2007] Charlie Rose Things you can do from here: - Visit the original item on Gorilla in the Room - Subscribe to Gorilla in the Room using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
