Yesterday Marty Peretz at the New Republic offered his readers a scoop regarding Roger Cohen's NYT column (which gives Peretz high blood pressure). Headlined "The New York Times Downgrades Roger Cohen," the report was surmise:
"[T]he troubled Times no longer parades Roger Cohen around in the print editions as one of its featured op-ed columnists. For a while he was published regularly in its hands-on paper. No longer. If you want to read him you have to burrow in the on-line blogs."
In fairness to Peretz, I admit I'm confused about where Cohen's column (which lowers my blood pressure) runs. I asked Cohen whether Peretz is right. Cohen:
No, he's inaccurate.
I've never had a permanent place in NYT paper. My deal is in IHT (paper) and online; in NYT online with same display as other columnists; and in NYT paper intermittently when schedules permit. For example, I filled in for [Nicholas] Kristof when he was on book leave in late 2007 and early 2008, and have been writing some this year for the Monday slot vacated by [Bill] Kristol and to be filled by [Russ] Douthat. I remain a Times and IHT columnist writing Monday and Thursday on above basis. Nothing has changed of late, but Peretz has developed an obsession with me that seems to hold no bounds.
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Gee, I wonder why Peretz would want the cognoscenti to believe that Cohen had been busted down to online-only appearances by The Powers That Be. And I thought guys like Peretz sought to discourage conspiracy theories. I guess when you have no principles other than Zionism, you just make your ethics up as you go along.
yeap, you judaics must be awful proud of israels zionism…after all they cared so much for european jewry….with fiends like these, who needs animals.
http://jewsagainstzionism.com/
Apolinari Hartglass
Memorandum written in 1943 by the Zionist activist from Poland who coordinated the work of the Jewish Agency Rescue Committee during WWII, entitled "Comments on Aid and Rescue" [referring to selection of the European Jews to be saved during the height of the holocaust]:
"Unfortunately we must state that if we are able to save only 10,000 people from among 50,000 who can contribute to building the country and to the national revival of the people as against saving a million jews who will be a burden, or at best an apathetic element, we must restrain ourselves and save the 10,000 that can be saved from among the 50,000—despite the accusations and pleas of the million…..going on from this assumption we must save children first because they are the best material for the Yishuv. The pioneer youth must be saved, but specifically those that have received training and are spiritually able to perform Zionist labor. Zionist leader must be saved, since they deserve something from the Zionist movement in return for their work. . . ."
…Apolinari Hartglass, "Comments on Aid and Rescue," undated memorandum, Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem
Martin Peretz often plays fast and loose with the facts. He is also quite ignorant of Jewish history.
RE: "I asked Cohen whether Peretz is right. Cohen: No, he's inaccurate."
MY COMMENT: How dare Roger Cohen contradict Marty "Macho Man" Peretz!
HOW dare he!
How DARE he!
How dare HE!
HOW DARE HE!
Do any women write for the "New Republic"?
Oh, so I guess that "The Lobby" doesn't really have that much influence with the NYT.
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