Fears for ‘security of Jews worldwide’ in wake of Elon Musk AfD speech

[bertramditore@lemm.ee]

Of course they’re capable of error and corruption, every human being is. That’s why they ideally need institutions behind them to protect them and ensure they’re only reporting the truth. The point of a free press is to describe events as they happened and provide context, which serves as the first draft of history. They’ll certainly make errors here and there, but as long as they accurately describe reality, offer explanations based on history and uncompromising contemporary interviews, as well as promptly correct any mistakes with humility, then they’ve done their job. I don’t see how that’s the least bit dangerous.

[crapwittyname@lemm.ee]

Don't be daft lad, you're one of us now!
Anyone putting up with this fucking weather is.
2 rules:

1. Don't be a cunt.
2. See rule 1.

Anyone othering you is in breach of rule 1 and will be tutted at furiously

[hobbes_dent@lemmy.world]

They aren’t bloggers. Journalism is (was) a profession with standards and ethics. Doing what’s feasible to avoid error and corruption is part of their job and training.

They aren’t fulfilling a responsibility of the profession just like a doctor and their oaths.

[bertramditore@lemm.ee]

Unfortunately I think you’re probably right. I still have some hope left in the tank for new outlets like 404 Media and Zeteo, but in general I think you’re right.

[flyingsquid@lemmy.world]

I look more stereotypically Jewish than Woody Allen. It has not been great.

[flyingsquid@lemmy.world]

I will say that being in Blackburn, 30% Muslim, and looking very obviously Jewish- everyone has been very kind. (Not suggesting that being Muslim automatically makes you antisemitic, but there are, unfortunately- and thanks to Israel mainly- a fair number of Muslims that hate Jews.)

[ramblingpanda@lemmynsfw.com]

We (as in all the people, Jews obviously included) should be living in peace and happiness. The billionaire leeches should be the ones fearing consequences for their actions and greed. One day this dream might come true.

[pugjesus@lemmy.world]

Traditional journalism is dead.

Funny enough, I was just reading a book that went over, in part, journalism in late 19th century America.

It's... probably never been great. Yellow Journalism was a term that arose then, after all.

It is a problem we should address, I agree! Just... maybe honest journalism wasn't all that lively in the past either, and the population was just less capable of parsing that than we are.

[technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

If netanyahoo and the ADL are cool with nazism, then what could go wrong? \s

[technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

news was never really meant to turn a profit anyway.

Ever heard of capital? It literally creates ideological narratives for profit under a system called capitalism.

[technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

They don't even need error or corruption to be unknowingly biased, using hegemonic framing, working within capitalist/racist/patriarchical institutions, etc.

That's the far worse and far realer danger.

[technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

they ideally need institutions behind them to protect them and ensure they’re only reporting the truth.

lol you should check out who owns and runs the institutions sometime.

[technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Now there is no one who has my back.

Welcome to humanity.

[ogmios@sh.itjust.works]

I'd argue that you've just described one source of error, but it still furthers my point that allowing strangers to tell you what you're seeing and why will not result in providing you an accurate picture of reality, and potentially return a highly distorted one.

[technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

looking very obviously Jewish

You mean european? Not like ugandan? smh.

[crapwittyname@lemm.ee]

I've only ever found Muslims to be at worst civill and at best excellent friends. And I used to live in Luton (highest proportion of Muslim population in the UK). I'm not Jewish though.

Weird question - I've never been able to say for sure if someone is Jewish by looking at them (unless they're wearing a yarmulke or Hasidic getup). I remember someone at work telling me to go talk to Mark, he's the 'obviously Jewish guy', and having zero idea who that was. Even when he was pointed out to me I couldn't see what was different from him and any other dark-haired European. Is this a me problem or are people just projecting patterns?

[fatcrab@lemmy.one]

The ADL is, and always has been, a metastasized cancer in the heart of Jewish culture. Find your local yiddishist group and tell the ADL to fucking take a nap on the beach at low tide.

[fatcrab@lemmy.one]

Basically it means a certain of Mediterranean-adjacent appearance. There is definitely a phenotype, but, like most of these sorts of things, it's a very broadly variable one. This is why I find it so frustrating when people racialize the the Israel-Palestine conflict. People with roots around the Mediterranean all look very similar.

[flyingsquid@lemmy.world]

Basically, look at any antisemitic caricature of a Jew, remove the forelocks and the yarmulke, and that's me.

[blakenong@lemmings.world]

The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi. Moderating this comment is pro-Nazi.