American Pravda: Holocaust denial

Until thirty years ago, Communist rule over the USSR and its Warsaw Pact allies seemed absolutely permanent and unshakeable, but the roots of that belief had totally rotted away, leaving behind nothing more than a hollow façade. Then one day, a gust of wind came along, and the entire gigantic structure collapsed. I wouldn’t be surprised if our current Holocaust narrative eventually suffers that same fate, perhaps with unfortunate consequences for those too closely associated with having maintained it.


Source: Ron Unz. Read his remarkable analysis in full here.

Daily Northwestern’s defense of Holocaust denial column ‘a stunning disregard for journalistic ethics’

Chicago, IL, February 16, 2006 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called the The Daily Northwestern’s defense of its decision to run a column by a well-known Holocaust denier “irresponsible journalism.” The paper today ran an editorial defending its decision to run a February 14 column by Arthur Butz, a well-known Holocaust denier and Northwestern University professor of electrical engineering, on the basis of seeking a “balanced perspective” and “fairness.”

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Leuchter worse than McNamara

The Fog of War

Errol Morris’s The Fog of War, an artfully assembled interview with former US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, won Best Documentary at this year’s Oscars. It’s high time Morris won, since he’s America’s pre-eminent documentarian and wasn’t recognised for his 1988 masterpiece The Thin Blue Line. But, fascinating though it is, The Fog of War didn’t deserve the award. It should really have won Best Actor.

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