Frankfort, KY – Kentucky’s governor denied his attack on a collaboration between a local newspaper and investigative journalism project ProPublica was anti-Semitic because he singled out Jewish funders of ProPublica.
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Among the funders Republican Gov. Matt Bevin names are the founders of ProPublica, Herbert and Marion Sandler, who have given over a billion dollars to largely progressive philanthropic causes, and billionaire George Soros, a frequent target of anti-Semitic, right-wing conspiracy theories. Bevin called him “George (I Hate America) Soros” in a video posted to YouTube on Wednesday blasting the partnership shortly after it was announced.
“This is the sad reality of the Courier-Journal, which pretends that it’s an actual news organization or a publication, is so remarkably biased they are now full in bed with this particular organization,” Bevin said in the video.
In a tweet in which he included the video, Bevin wrote: “OUTRAGEOUS. ProPublica, a left-wing activist group funded by the likes of George Soros, is now funding . . . ‘investigative reporting’ at the @courierjournal. Is this the future of journalism?”
ProPublica’s director, Richard Tofel, on Twitter suggested Bevin’s attack was “dog whistling anti-Semitism in which he can’t manage to use the word ‘Jewish.’”
ProPublica, a non-profit, has on multiple times joined with mainstream media outlets in long investigative pieces and won several Pulitzer Prizes.
The Courier-Journal is one of seven local papers selected to work with ProPublica to investigate an unspecified state government program.
A number of Republicans and conservatives, including President Donald Trump have in recent months intensified attacks on Soros, sometimes in terms that echo anti-Semitic themes of Jewish control.
These are not jews. They are Capos
Classic fake news . Because the guy is Jewiish you can’t crtcize him ? What stupidity ? He never blamed it on race and ethncity . The funny thing is that when frum guys get bashmutzed by the failing nyt or ny post etc , you liberals never exclaim Anit semitisim . There you right away defend the papers . But to criticize soros oy vey .
As a side point even if they were called out bec of their fake Jewish identity it would be a weak anti semitisim . Jewish non Torah ideals are not part of our religion
George Soros is an anti American anti Israel leftist. Just because he is Jewish doesn’t make him immune to criticism, and yes he is a major funder of leftist democrat causes
George Soros has Jewish ancestors – nevertheless, Soros does fund attacks, even attacks on Jews and Jewish groups, on all of those who do not agree with his far-left globalist policies. Attacking Soros is not anti-Semitic, it is anti-left radicals.
Here is an example that Danial Pipes discusses: “Soros funds personal attacks on me… The anonymous website dcleaks.com in August 2016 released a confidential file from Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF) that included an internal 2011 memo, “Extreme Polarization and Breakdown in Civic Discourse,” which discussed a $200,000 OSF grant to the Center for American Progress (CAP) to “research and track the activities” of the Middle East Forum and other NGOs combating Islamism.”
How ironic. The people accusing Soros of doing the Nazis’ dirty work (when he was a 13 year old Jew hiding in Nazi Hungary, because presumebly the Nazis couldn’t run an efficient Holocaust without his help) are themselves doing the Neo-Nazi AltRight’s dirty work of ‘kashering’ white nationalism because they believe the AltRight only hates OTHER minorities but not us (pretty disgusting way of judging good and evil).
HASINAH MEKALKELES ES HASHURAH