Claudia, The New York Times causing an uproar after it
ran an op-ed by the mayor of Gaza City,
who was handpicked by Hamas.
David Marcus is a foxnews.com columnist.
He joins us now. David,
welcome.
Thank you. Let's show the audience the New York Times
headline.
It says I am Gaza City's mayor.
Our lives and culture are in rubble.
The New York Times has taken some heat,
some critics suggesting they are amplifying Jew hate.
What is your thought?
Yeah, this this is outrageous and wrong.
This man is a terrorist.
He is an ally of Hamas.
And there's some important context here.
In 2020, James Bennett was the editor of the Times
Opinion Page.
I actually wrote for him there a few times.
And he was interested in conservative voices.
He was forced to resign in 2020 for running a
column by Senator Tom Cotton advocating for use of the
National Guard during the deadly George Floyd riots.
So let's be clear about where the Gray Lady is
today.
Running a column by a Republican sitting US Senator is
a fireable offense.
Running a column by a known terrorist and ally of
Hamas?
Well, that's just good journalism because we have to show
everybody all sides.
This is emblematic of the moral rot at the New
York Times.
It's the fault of their feckless and cowardly leadership.
And it's a problem because our country needs a paper
of record,
and we don't have one right now.
Some critics have questioned whether the New York Times would
have run an op-ed from Al Qaeda after the 9/11
attacks.
Your thoughts
in 2001? I think the answer to that question is
no.
Today, I'm. I'm not so sure maybe they would.
I mean, would you be shocked?
I wouldn't.
OK, then there's New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez,
writing on Christmas Eve comparing Jesus with the Palestinians of
today saying quote in The Story of Christmas.
Christmas was born in modern day in Palestine under the
threat of a government engaged in a massacre of innocence.
And thousands of years later right wing forces are violently
occupying Bethlehem as similar stories unfold for today's Palestinians.
What about this one?
Yeah, I mean look first of all this is just
basically a historical nonsense that progressives like to throw around.
But it it shows something deeper.
The progressive left, the non religious progressive left,
they really love about three or four parts of the
Bible.
They love, love thy neighbor,
they love, take care of the poor,
take care of the immigrants.
You know, the rest of the Bible,
the the be subservient to God,
the prohibitions on sexual immorality like
that they don't like so much.
So these people, they watch half a season of the
Chosen and they think they're ready to teach catechism and
lecture Christians about our own Bible.
So I mean, I believe in the South,
there's an expression that goes something like,
bless your heart. I think that's probably the appropriate response
here.
And critics note that AOC did not mention the October
7th attacks or the victims of terrorism.
What about that?
Yeah, no, she doesn't tend to do that,
does she? Neither do the rest of the members of
the squad.
We're just supposed to forget that October 7th ever happened,
Have Israel, you know, stand down and wait for it
to happen again.
But thankfully, Israelis aren't going to do that,
and and most Americans aren't willing to watch that happen
either.