Washington Post Retracts Bernie Sanders Image After Charges of Anti-Semitism

[Uncle Joe]

In the ongoing war between WaPo and Bernie Sanders, the latest salvo is truly bizarre; in a story about Sanders raising $34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, the paper chose a very strange picture to accompany the digital version:

Here's the contrast with the image used in the Pete Buttigieg fourth quarter story:

Link to tweet

(snip)

As of now, no statement has been released and there’s no explanation of how the picture came to be used in the first place.

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2020/01/washington-post-bernie-sanders-anti-semitic-photo.html

There are more tweets on the link including the new pic of Bernie.

[bluewater]

1. Woah. WTF Washington Post!!!

I am at a loss for words.

Of all the Bernie photos out there, how hard did they have to dig to unearth that one?

I mean how many times are there photos of any candidates with the word "NOT" right in the frame next to their face?

And the lighting...

[msongs]

2. pic of bernie is not sinister to me, just him standing there with clasped hands.

the cartoon drawing is over the top on the part of whoever created and posted it

[Lucky Luciano]

4. His complaints are legitimate, but the republicans are considerably worse.

[floppyboo]

5. He was criticizing a very bad choice by the majority of the party. And U should be mad too!

I don't get why you find his post offensive. It's twitter for god's sake. chill.

[floppyboo]

15. that's rich. Who is presumming what about how someone will vote?

I see a future for the democratic party that is pro peace, pro environment. Don't have to cede to the greens. Why presume that the Dems will exclude thiis person??? That's just weird.

[floppyboo]

19. Isolationism, Tribalism, identity politics gives the world Trumps. Not ignoring any of it!

But thanks for the welcome.
edit: I find your point of view instructional. You've made some very loud points.

[NurseJackie]

8. Aw...

Oh, please! The BS campaign has much bigger problems to worry about than this.

[Thekaspervote]

24. Indeed!

[bluewater]

9. Yeah, how hard would it have been to run a decent photo the FIRST time.

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Link to tweet

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God love the corporate press, especially the corporate press owned by one of the richest men in the world.

[The Valley Below]

10. This is an insult to people who are actually persecuted.

[BannonsLiver]

14. Exactly.

[emmaverybo]

29. Thank you!

[betsuni]

33. Yes it is.

[highplainsdem]

45. I agree.

[Farmer-Rick]

11. WaPo has never liked Bernie.

Bezos has too much money at stake to support Bernie.

[Uncle Joe]

12. You win the Internet today Farmer-Rick.

[Duppers]

26. Bingo. But he should then also...

Be smearing Elizabeth Warren, no?
She would also increase Bezos' taxes.

[boomer_wv]

36. This is ridiculous.

Does anyone actually believe this stuff? Anyone think Jeff Freaking Bezos is picking out what picture to use in an online article?

As far as the picture, you have to really be looking for a reason to be outraged if that's what you are complaining about. I'm really looking forward to how Bernie fans react when the press is actually critical of him.

[Duppers]

37. And you're picking on me?

[boomer_wv]

38. No.

Just replied to the last thread in the group.

[Uncle Joe]

39. Bezos owns WAPO, his employees know who cuts their paychecks.

His employees know Bezos has no love or even like of Bernie and his policies which would adversely affect their boss's billionaire bottom line.

That's all it takes, Bezos; doesn't even have to pick out a derogatory pic or dictate one sided trash articles against Bernie, it doesn't take an IQ of 120 for his employees to know what makes their boss happy and what doesn't.

[boomer_wv]

42. You

Sound like a Trumper.

[Uncle Joe]

43. You

sound binary.

[boomer_wv]

50. How long

Would it take for you to call the media the enemy of the people when they were critical of a President Sanders? I think itd be pretty quick.

[BannonsLiver]

13. I've seen some reaches in politics but this is on another level.

[treestar]

54. Indeed!

This is giving Republicans something to ridicule.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

17. Some of the responses are illuminating.

And paint a picture of the reasoning behind the unhinged hatred of Bernie Sanders.

I figured as much...

[Uncle Joe]

18. Ditto Hassin. n/t

[bluewater]

23. I am waiting for them to start in on Bloomberg next...

What will be their pretext then since Bloomberg is a dyed in the wool capitalist?

Oh wait, I know... his money of course...

Silly me.

[jalan48]

20. Unhinged describes it perfectly.

[melman]

21. Oh yes

There has never been any doubt that's where a lot of it comes from.

[bluewater]

22. Exactly.

[ms liberty]

31. Yes, quite disappointing. n/t

[sheshe2]

48. Question?

Did you ever speak out about the unhinged hatred of Obama and his family?

Right here on DU. Did you rail against that?

[Duppers]

25. OMG!

Omfg!

[Kurt V.]

27. they'll keep doing it. :(

[underthematrix]

28. What the phuck? The editor who approved this should be suspended

because the harm and danger to Bernie and other Jewish Americans doesn't end when they take the offensive image down. Fools can now use this image to promote hate. Seriously I have no words.

[emmaverybo]

30. You must be talking about the cartoon to the right, but that is not what was published. The

photo was. The anti-Semitic cartoon is an image of how some believe the published photo comes across, a message it was supposedly meant to convey.

[underthematrix]

32. Here's the thing. We must always remember there are Americans who voted for Trump. That has to be

the context for editorial decisions when it comes to Jewish, Muslim and PoC folk.

[emmaverybo]

34. Sure. Just not seeing what some are seeing in what I see as an inoffensive portrait of Bernie. He is

certainly not, for one thing, rubbing his hands. The cartoon is nothing like the photo, but projects
on to it. The cartoon as critique is what is anti-Semitic and should not have been published as part
of the accusation. Ironic.

[Jake Stern]

35. The same ones saying "that picture is not offensive"

would be calling for heads to roll if WaPo published a photo of an African American politician with a bucket of fried chicken in the frame, even if the picture had an innocent explanation.

[sheshe2]

46. It was offensive if and only if the picture on the right was in the article

Was it? I don't do twitter and have no clue.

The same ones saying "that picture is not offensive"

would be calling for heads to roll if WaPo published a photo of an African American politician with a bucket of fried chicken in the frame, even if the picture had an innocent explanation.

That would have been far better/ mild even than what really happened


However do not tell me that pictures of Obama in a native head dress with a bone through his nose wasn't offensive. Asking for his birth certificate wasn't offensive. A family portrait of Obama his wife and children as apes wasn't offensive. His wife called an ape in heels. His wife and children's vacation leaked. Pictures of Malia smoking a joint was offensive. Death threats. So many death threats.

I am sure you were outraged about all that as well, Jack.

[David__77]

40. anti-Semitism is racism

I think it’s good Washington Post changed the photo.

[Uncle Joe]

47. I wonder why they felt the need to change the pic, if as some posters on this thread

contend there being nothing wrong with it?

[stevil]

41. Not buying it

It's a picture of Bernie. So what?

[The Valley Below]

44. He's not smiling.

And he's holding his hands together.

[stevil]

49. So that's it

I thought I stumbled on a Qanon thread.

[Mike Nelson]

51. Yikes!

... that picture... the way he's holding the microphone. A phallic symbol, to be sure. And, isn't his mouth open, too!

[Squinch]

52. Poor Bernie. Someone used a picture of him clapping. He's so persecuted.

And PS, I find the COMPARISON of the used photo to the anti-semitic one to be the anti-semitic impulse.

[myohmy2]

53. it makes...

...you wonder...

...I don't think trump would even go there...