Is Fox News Anti-Semitic?

Martin Luther, one of the founders of the Christian branch (protestantism) that dominates neo-conservatism was a rabid anti-semite. But it wasn’t always that way, in fact Luther was fluent in Hebrew and a renowned scholar of Hebrew text.

Luther’s anti-semititic volte face came when he realized that his belief that Jews would accept Christ prior to the Last Judgement was hopelessly naiive. And so he turned his energy towards hatred.

Last week I saw a Fox News ‘anchor’ reporting from Northern Israel, as a rocket had just landed injuring a civilian. Around him, everyone was wearing normal clothes, however he was wearing a helmet and full body armour, it would be less worrying if this were cowardice rather than showmanship.

As the injured woman was lead into an ambulance, she desperately tried to wave the camera crew away, she was covered in blood and did not want to be on TV.

Ignoring this single injured woman’s wishes for dignity, to promote a political agenda, which may or may not co-incide with that woman’s political beliefs seemed to be a metaphor for Luther ignoring the beliefs of Jews for his own.

The problem is that this is not a metaphor. Fox news depends on a political slant that is characterized by a political shift towards the same beliefs as Luther.