Columbia Journalism Review

Rubin Reports: New York Times Coverage of Israel: What Comes After Ridiculously Biased?

By Barry Rubin

At times we seem to be living in the updated version of Ignazio Silone’s remark, “The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists.” All too often, we cannot depend on Western-trained intellectuals in positions of power who either buy into leftist ideology or tremble in fear of being called racists or Islamophobes.