Thursday, June 14, 2007
The Times Herald Record, big on anti-Semitism, small on common sense
The latest article to bash Hasidic Jews printed in the Times Herald Record rag about the arrest of the Monroe Mayor (yes, arrest, this is English) did wonders to reveal the true sentiments of the paper and their writing staff. The article, penned by John Sullivan, goes through more loops than a Six Flags roller coaster to make it look like Monroe Mayor John Karl III was the victim of a Hasidic Jew, when by all witness accounts it is quite clear that the Mayor was actually the aggressor and had overstepped both his professional and personal boundaries and had behaved inappropriately with Mr. Goldberger.
The Record is not concerned in the least bit of the wrongdoing that was perpetrated here by a government official onto another human being, but would rather focus on the fact that there was a Hasidic Jew involved and that a Hasidic web-site misused the word 'arrested'.
The Record needs to get rid of their ugly and destructive anti-Semitic and anti-Hasidic agenda and start putting the onus where it belongs.
As for the definition of the word 'arrested', the Record does not even need to go as far as to look into a dictionary to find the correct definition, but at their own published material which uses the exact word quite often to define the same situation.
Amazingly enough, since Times Herald Record writer Chris McKenna left his position as Kiryas Joel reporter, the Times Herald Record had no problem finding someone that shared his views, such as John Sullivan, to replace him.
The latest article to bash Hasidic Jews printed in the Times Herald Record rag about the arrest of the Monroe Mayor (yes, arrest, this is English) did wonders to reveal the true sentiments of the paper and their writing staff. The article, penned by John Sullivan, goes through more loops than a Six Flags roller coaster to make it look like Monroe Mayor John Karl III was the victim of a Hasidic Jew, when by all witness accounts it is quite clear that the Mayor was actually the aggressor and had overstepped both his professional and personal boundaries and had behaved inappropriately with Mr. Goldberger.
The Record is not concerned in the least bit of the wrongdoing that was perpetrated here by a government official onto another human being, but would rather focus on the fact that there was a Hasidic Jew involved and that a Hasidic web-site misused the word 'arrested'.
The Record needs to get rid of their ugly and destructive anti-Semitic and anti-Hasidic agenda and start putting the onus where it belongs.
As for the definition of the word 'arrested', the Record does not even need to go as far as to look into a dictionary to find the correct definition, but at their own published material which uses the exact word quite often to define the same situation.
Amazingly enough, since Times Herald Record writer Chris McKenna left his position as Kiryas Joel reporter, the Times Herald Record had no problem finding someone that shared his views, such as John Sullivan, to replace him.
Comments:
nowhere in that article is anything said that could be claimed as "anti semitic"
they are reporting the story
like every other news media in the city.
they are reporting the story
like every other news media in the city.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by 
: June 14, 2007 10:51 PM
: June 14, 2007 10:51 PM
You should read the venom spewed on their website message board for this story. It is naked Jew-hatred.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : June 14, 2007 11:08 PM
: June 14, 2007 11:08 PM
Actually this is not all antisemitism. I am a Jew living in Monroe and the people who live in KJ are rude to their neighbors and ignore most building code laws in their village. Alot of the dislike aimed at them is brought unto themselves. I am very welcome and friendly with my non jewish neighbors and there are plenty of non- Hasidic jews who are warmly embraced here.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : June 15, 2007 12:45 PM
: June 15, 2007 12:45 PM
There is no iota of antisemitism in that article. Further, no one believes that a City employee is gonna beat up a developer surrounded bu his contractors.
And let's be real. If you have lived next to a new development in Willy/BP/Flatbush, you know what it is like to be terrorized and threatened by the (often frum) developer who violates zoning resolutions and building codes at the neighbors' expense. Why do you think half the frum developments can't get C of Os?
When they don't get their way, the developers and their builders lie and call cops-on the City workers and on the neighbors. Just because they can't speak English doesn't mean they can't harrass you with fake charges.
And if you think its ok to attach water lines to another community's system without written approval, I have an empty condo to sell you in Flatbush.
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And let's be real. If you have lived next to a new development in Willy/BP/Flatbush, you know what it is like to be terrorized and threatened by the (often frum) developer who violates zoning resolutions and building codes at the neighbors' expense. Why do you think half the frum developments can't get C of Os?
When they don't get their way, the developers and their builders lie and call cops-on the City workers and on the neighbors. Just because they can't speak English doesn't mean they can't harrass you with fake charges.
And if you think its ok to attach water lines to another community's system without written approval, I have an empty condo to sell you in Flatbush.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : June 15, 2007 1:21 PM
: June 15, 2007 1:21 PM
