It's time for Dana Milbank to retire. Seriously.
I am not and never have been a fan of Glenn Beck. In fact, the less I hear and see of him, the better. But nonetheless, here I am, compelled to rise, together with others of considerably greater merit, in his defense. Thanks to Dana Milbank and his scurrilous slurs.
Beck can be accused of a great many things, but antisemitism is not one of them. David Brog refutes the libel (Ron Kampeas's lame attempt at rebuttal notwithstanding ... he's counting on you not reading the source material). And Barry Rubin clarifies the abundant irony and hypocrisy.
You don't have to like Glenn Beck to realize that his shtick (or pathology, if that's how you're inclined to see it) does not include a hatred of or inclination to blame the world's ills on the Jewish people. Or Israel, for that matter. To the contrary.
Milbank, on the other hand, seems to have ultimately allowed his fanatical (and lucrative) crusade against Beck to overcome whatever was left of his journalistic integrity.
I am not and never have been a fan of Glenn Beck. In fact, the less I hear and see of him, the better. But nonetheless, here I am, compelled to rise, together with others of considerably greater merit, in his defense. Thanks to Dana Milbank and his scurrilous slurs.
Beck can be accused of a great many things, but antisemitism is not one of them. David Brog refutes the libel (Ron Kampeas's lame attempt at rebuttal notwithstanding ... he's counting on you not reading the source material). And Barry Rubin clarifies the abundant irony and hypocrisy.
You don't have to like Glenn Beck to realize that his shtick (or pathology, if that's how you're inclined to see it) does not include a hatred of or inclination to blame the world's ills on the Jewish people. Or Israel, for that matter. To the contrary.
Milbank, on the other hand, seems to have ultimately allowed his fanatical (and lucrative) crusade against Beck to overcome whatever was left of his journalistic integrity.
