Tom Friedman is really a trip. And slipping rapidly further down the rabbit hole.
In today's Op Ed, he clumsily tries to recompose the fantasy world he portrayed in this now-infamous essay, using a different style sheet -- with a little ooops tossed in at the end.
My Feb. 5 column erred in saying Ariel Sharon had released no Palestinian prisoners to Mahmoud Abbas. He did. It was just too limited a release to have any impact. See above.
Uh huh. I wonder who flashed him the heads-up on that one. Maybe Tom's been reading Solomon.
Hey, either Friedman is incredibly naive, or he thinks his readers are incredibly stupid. My guess is, it's a Big Boy Combo.
Update: The question of who turned on the lights for Friedman re: the prisoner release is answered. In an email update on the matter today, CAMERA notes:
CAMERA, along with many other organizations, such as the Anti-Defamation League and the Zionist Organization of America, have called on the New York Times to apologize or write an editor's note for irresponsibly allowing Tom Friedman to make assertions in his February 5 column that were anti-Semitic in effect, even if fanning the flames of bigotry wasn't the writer's intent. Additionally, CAMERA and others pointed out that Friedman was factually inaccurate in claiming that Sharon had not released Palestinian prisoners while Mahmoud Abbas was Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority. The New York Times responded that Friedman would address the concerns in his next column.
CAMERA calls Friedman's "correction" inadequate. To say the least.
