YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A JEWISH MEDIA

CONSPIRACY
By Brad A. Greenberg - June 30, 2008

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Those words did not appear in a New York Sun editorial, unlike these. But someone
could get the impression of a Jewish media conspiracy after reading about Barack
Obamas effort to reach out to prominent Hollywood Jews in Ted Johnsons column in
todays Variety (or by watching TV and movie credits):
The mobilization is test of how well the candidates campaign can counter a
narrative that Obama is weak on Israel and, by extension, national security. His
opponent John McCain is capitalizing on such notions, particularly in wooing
former supporters of Hillary Clinton.
Few would argue that Obama will dominate support in the entertainment
businessa stronghold of Democrats and of supporters of Jewish causes. To
Obama backers, the stream of viral rumors and misinformation lies at the heart
of his Jewish problemin quote marks because, after all, a Gallup poll on June
26 showed him favored nationwide by Jewish supporters 62% vs. 29% for
McCain. But the level of support could make a difference in certain battleground
states.
Perceptions of candidates in the age of the Internet cant simply be addressed
by a 30-second ad spot or even a press release. Rather, Obamas camp is
looking to the grassroots to take it upon themselves.

The GOP continues to seize on the fact that Obama is new and untested, and in
their eyes, a blank slate.
That is particularly resonant when it comes to Israel, which Cal State political
science professor Raphael J. Sonenshein wrote recently in the Jewish Journal of
Los Angeles is the all-purpose mantra of embattled Republicans.
In another article, Sonenshein wrote, McCain offers the Republican brand
identification on foreign policy and on Israel, years of familiarity to the Jewish
community and the help of independent, former Democratic Sen. Joseph
Lieberman of Connecticut. Obama is still making himself known.
On June 16, entertainment figures like Jeffrey Katzenberg, Michael Lynton and
Mike Medavoy, as well as politicians and other business leaders, gathered at the
Beverly Hills home of longtime Democratic activist Carmen Warschaw in the first
meeting of the Obama Los Angeles Jewish Community Leadership Committee, a
campaign-sanctioned effort created in part to stem what they say are
misperceptions.
There has been a persistent effort to undermine and distort (Obamas) record
early on, former Rep. Mel Levine, who presided over the meeting with Rep.
Howard Berman (D-Los Angeles), told Variety. Our goal is to get the facts out,
and as they get out, his support in the community will grow.
Here is the rest of the column. Should it bother Jews that Obama has an effort targeting
Hollywoods members? No. Was there any good reason for me to blog about this? Sure:
as an excuse to write what follows.
Todays Hollywood Jews are familial and cultural heirs to the town their ancestors built.
Neal Gabler recognized that with his definitive 1988 book An Empire of Their Own:
How the Jews Invented Hollywood. This was not an anti-Semitic text, but a keenly
observant cultural history. The big difference between Gablers book and, say, those
of Kevin MacDonald, is that one offers telling portraits of a peculiar phenomenon while
the other blames the protagonists for a conspiracy to corrupt American attitudes.
There is no Jewish plot to control our minds through entertaining, godless propaganda;
there is an ancient affinity for telling stories. And, as Ive mentioned before: If Jews
really worked in media to get out a unified message at the expense of their gentile
neighbors, they sure do a poor job.
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Fuente:
http://www.jewishjournal.com/thegodblog/item/yes_virginia_there_is_a_jewish_media_co
nspiracy_20080630