Ali Gharib reports at Lobelog:
On December 23, right-wing pro-Israel activist Noah Pollak was wandering through the Athens airport when he snapped a picture of an HSBC advertisement containing this factoid:
“Only 4% of American films are made by women. In Iran it’s 25%.”
Pollak tweeted the picture, adding that the ad was “truly outrageous.” The ad was quickly picked up by a writer at the neoconservative flagship Commentary and then by Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin. Since then, Rubin has been on a crusade against HSBC….
It goes on from there. Wow. Some people have too much time on their hands.
