Letter from MRC President Brent Bozell to CNN President Jim Walton
Mr. Jim Walton
President CNN
One CNN Center
Box 105366
Atlanta GA, 30303
Dear Mr. Walton,
The news media need to be reporting on documented instances of anti-Semitism at the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) Movement. On October 21 of this year, Media Research Center's Joe Shoffstall interviewed an OWS participant, who said: 'The Jews commit more white collar crime than any other ethnic group on the earth, and they go unprosecuted because they can buy their way out of it. When the Jew gets caught, they will pay a civil penalty. So, in America, Jews commit more white collar crime. Whenever there's a billion dollar fraud, there's a Jew involved."
This is not the first time this has happened. There have been other documented examples of anti-Semitism at these Occupy Wall Street events. But thus far the national networks are turning a blind eye to them.
On the other hand, the networks have been obsessed with alleged racist smears by members of the tea party, and this includes CNN. On March 22, 2010 on CNN Newsroom, Anchor Kyra Phillips reported: 'Democrats ecstatic, Republicans not so much, as the long road of reform comes to an end. But that road was filled with ugly potholes - the N word shouted at African-American lawmakers....'
Let's be clear: These allegations have never been corroborated, and there's not a scintilla of video or audio evidence to back them up. But still it qualified as news for CNN.
Now we have Occupy Wall Street and real, documented evidence of anti-Semitic slurs coming from an OWS participant. You cannot maintain you didn't know it, the video is here: http://mrctv.org/videos/occupy-wall-street-protester-rants-against-jews
CNN must report this. If you choose not to, your network will be guilty of a glaring double standard: reporting baseless accusations of racism coming from the Tea Party as news; but not reporting documented evidence of anti-Semitism coming from the OWS crowd. If you choose not to report this you are deliberately covering up an act of anti-semitism.
We have the full video of this incident. Just call us if you would like to see it.
Sincerely,
L. Brent Bozell III
Founder and President
