{"id":37003,"date":"2018-08-24T06:03:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T11:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37003"},"modified":"2018-08-24T06:03:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T11:03:47","slug":"mass-media-is-the-enemy-of-the-people-like-the-cage-is-the-enemy-of-the-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37003","title":{"rendered":"Mass Media Is The Enemy Of The People Like The Cage Is The Enemy Of The\u00a0Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2018\/08\/23\/mass-media-is-the-enemy-of-the-people-like-the-cage-is-the-enemy-of-the-bird\/\">Mass Media Is The Enemy Of The People Like The Cage Is The Enemy Of The\u00a0Bird<\/a><\/h3>\n<article id=\"post-5155\" class=\"post-5155 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-donald-trump tag-jeremy-corbyn tag-media tag-msm tag-press tag-propaganda\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-23-at-9.51.38-PM.jpg?189db0&amp;189db0\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1057px) 100vw, 1057px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-23-at-9.51.38-PM.jpg 1057w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-23-at-9.51.38-PM-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-23-at-9.51.38-PM-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-23-at-9.51.38-PM-1024x651.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1057\" height=\"672\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p><em>The Guardian<\/em> has just published an actual, non-fictional op-ed that is titled \u201cIs my Jewish three-year-old too young to learn about antisemitism?\u201d, about a concerned mother who is teaching her toddler about the Holocaust in case Jeremy Corbyn becomes Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian. Not The Onion. The Guardian.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar  Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jonathan_K_Cook\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Jonathan Cook (screen name: Jonathan_K_Cook)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/458948119749619713\/8ed1EDoY_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/458948119749619713\/8ed1EDoY_bigger.jpeg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/458948119749619713\/8ed1EDoY_normal.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Have we reached Peak Anti-Semitism in the Guardian yet? Hilary Freeman writes a column on teaching her three-year-old about anti-semitism &#8211; in case\u00a0Corbyn ever gets elected <a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/aug\/23\/jewish-young-antisemitism-children-anne-frank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x7ui8woGqr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/aug\/23\/jewish-young-antisemitism-children-anne-frank\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">https:\/\/www.<\/span>theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">2018\/aug\/23\/jewish-young-antisemitism-children-anne-frank\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jonathan_K_Cook\/status\/1032711611885207558\" data-datetime=\"2018-08-23T19:30:09+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: August 23, 2018 19:30:09 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-08-23T19:30:09+0000\">3:30 PM &#8211; Aug 23, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<div class=\"PrerenderedCard is-loaded is-constrainedByMaxWidth\" data-card-name=\"summary_large_image\" data-css=\"https:\/\/ton.twimg.com\/tfw\/css\/syndication_bundle_v1_0f800c4c60206a3994a34989ef109e9eba493ffa.css\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid TwitterCard\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid-col--12 TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerBottom CardContent\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-image TwitterCardsGrid-col--12\">\n<div class=\"tcu-imageContainer tcu-imageAspect--2to1\">\n<div class=\"tcu-imageWrapper tcu-image-1032711611885207558 js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/1032560862459047936\/QmIYQtmv?format=jpg&amp;name=600x314); background-size: cover;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"u-block\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/1032560862459047936\/QmIYQtmv?format=jpg&amp;name=600x314\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-contentContainer TwitterCardsGrid-col--12\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-content TwitterCardsGrid-ltr\">\n<p class=\"TwitterCard-title js-cardClick tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Is my Jewish three-year-old too young to learn about antisemitism? | Hilary Freeman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"tcu-resetMargin u-block TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerTop tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\">I stand by my decision to read her a young children\u2019s version of the Anne Frank story, but some of my friends have objected, says author and freelance journalist Hilary Freeman<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"u-block TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerTop SummaryCard-destination\" dir=\"ltr\">theguardian.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps they\u2019re right and it is too soon even for this gentle introduction,\u201d muses Hilary Freeman. \u201cI certainly don\u2019t want to frighten or traumatise my daughter. And yet, in the current climate, with accusations of\u00a0antisemitism in the Labour party\u00a0making headline news virtually every day, and a rise in\u00a0antisemitism all over Europe, this is an issue that is pertinent to her life and to her future, not just a story in a book. Many Jews in the UK are feeling very unsettled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I mean, wow. Just\u2026 wow. I\u2019m seriously tempted to spend the rest of this article just typing \u201cwow\u201d. I wouldn\u2019t copy-paste it, either. I\u2019d type it all out with punctuation and with feeling.<\/p>\n<p>Surely this is as far as they can take this whole \u201cCorbyn is a secret Nazi\u201d narrative? Surely? How could they possibly take it any further into cartoonish lunacy than this? \u201cTerrified by Tory polling decline, I took my cocker spaniel on a tour of Auschwitz\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mass Media Is The Enemy Of The People Like The Cage Is The Enemy Of The\u00a0Bird The Guardian has just published an actual, non-fictional op-ed that is titled \u201cIs my Jewish three-year-old too young to learn about antisemitism?\u201d, about a concerned mother who is teaching her toddler about the Holocaust in case Jeremy Corbyn becomes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17039,21392,8453,3847,6917,2080],"class_list":["post-37003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-hilary-freeman","tag-jeremy-corbyn","tag-mass-media","tag-the-guardian","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37004,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37003\/revisions\/37004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}