The evidence is clear: over at CiF, there is an intense competition for our attention. CiF-editor Matt Seaton is apparently jealous that we’ve focused so much on Brian Whitaker – and now […]
Goldstoned, Matt Seaton joins the fray
Shana Tova
We shall be going “off air” for Saturday and Sunday in celebration of Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year). To those of you celebrating, we wanted to wish you all a Shana […]
Guardian updates the CiF talk policy…well not exactly
We are pleased to announce that Georgina Henry, the Guardian’s executive comment editor and head honcho of CiF, announced today that she has decided to update its talk policy and come clean. Here’s […]
Double Whammy
As if it was not enough that the pages of ‘Comment is Free’ featured last week an article by the noxious Antony Lerman essentially telling us that no Jews is no big deal, to […]
Lerman in la-la land
There’s none so fervent as the proselyte. Antony Lerman has turned full circle and is now a fervent and embittered enemy of Israel and mainstream Judaism who says that there are some […]
If my MEMRI serves me well….
Recently we pointed out how Brian Whitaker – commissioning editor of CiF – slurs pro-Israel posters there. Unfortunately this is not surprising. Whitaker is the Guardian’s leading Arabist. He was the author […]
Whitaker Defends Human Rights Watch
Since Tuesday, the blogosphere has been alight with revelations that Mark Garlasco, Human Rights Watch’s senior military advisor, is an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia. While being such a collector and actually […]
Lerman: No Jews, no big deal
Antony Lerman has an article on CiF criticising the use of the phrase ”the silent Holocaust” to describe assimilation of Jews. The first point to make (a point which would be instantly […]
From the Morris Thread: Candidates for the Second Berchman’s Award
So what happens in the comment thread when CiF rolls out its token pro-Israel contributor, Benny Morris, who has the chutzpah to suggest that the core problem in the I/P conflict is […]
Falsely Equivocating Orthodox Judaism
Well Dan Rickman, CiF’s most recently anointed useful idiot, is at it again taking aim at orthodox Judaism. The first point to take issue with on Dan Rickman’s piece, is in the […]
Who guards The Guardian?
Oh dear. It looks as though the wind has changed direction. Seth Freedman is at it again at “the other place.” Look at the opening paragraph: “Gone are the days when history […]
CiF’s ‘Jewish naqba denial’
This is a guest post from Bataween of Point of No Return It’s easier to condemn Comment is Free for what it does than for its sins of omission. And for a […]
The Use of Nazi Analogies on CiF
This is a guest post by AKUS (who for those that don’t know is a recently banned “below the line” pro-Israel commenter from CiF) There are many aspects of the Guardian’s treatment […]
Ben White is coming to Canada … Eh
Ben White, CiF’s resident Hamas shill and antisemitism justifier is coming to Canada to join the Towards the Dignity of Difference, “Neither a Clash of Civilizations or End of History” conference coming […]
Not All Comment is Free (but we knew that)
The estimable Andre Oboler has a new article on Harry’s Place, about Holocaust Denial on Facebook. Oboler’s piece was turned down by CiF because “I think it’s really going over the same […]
Crocodile Tears for Gilad
On 28 August it was the 23rd birthday of Gilad Shalit, the young Israeli soldier who was captured from inside Israel on 25 June 2006 and has since been held captive by […]
Combating Biased Moderation: How To Save Posts Before Deletion
One of the most prevalent problems with ‘Comment is Free’ is that CiF moderators often delete posts simply because they disagree with the pro-Israeli views expressed there. For the poster it causes […]
Fluffy Fatah
Not content with advocating ‘One State’, yesterday Seth Freedman gave us ‘Fluffy Fatah’. The medium was Uri Davis, the (born Jewish) longtime anti-Zionist who has converted to Islam, married a Palestinian, lives […]
Hypocrisy, thy middle name is Loach
Unlike the spineless and amoral organisers of the Edinburgh Film Festival, the people who run the Melbourne Film Festival stood up to Ken Loach’s attempt to use his film ‘Looking for Eric’ […]
The first Berchmans Award
CIFWatch is instituting the Berchmans Award to recognise the most antisemitic posts on CIF. A word of explanation: Berchmans is a permanent fixture on CIF. He is Scottish and a man of […]
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