May first, 2024 the protests at Columbia & the Press
How lamentable that the New York Times coverage of the Columbia protests has sought to malign a largely disciplined orderly & nonviolent demonstration & misrepresent what was said. For instance, Representative Ilhan Omar’s visit to the campus -- where she expressed appreciation for the fact that so many protestors were Jewish & said it was important to keep all safe no matter their views-- has been twisted: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/us/politics/ilhan-omar-campus-protests.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare As Omar points out, https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1784444070620008778 she has been misrepresented to sound as though she were attacking them. The protestors & all who show any sympathy with them are it is suggested anti-Semitic. See https://thewire.in/world/anti-semitism-palestinians-and-the-west-a-historical-background-of-the-current-bombing-of-gaza Even the Guardian UK employed this technique to bring down Jeremy Corb