Dems: Don’t Run GOP Ad
Here is the National Jewish Democratic Council’s statement asking newspapers not to run a Republican ad that paints Joe Lieberman’s primary defeat as a slap against Israel:
“Newspapers have a responsibility to provide their readers with information that is both factually accurate and proper in taste. Jewish newspapers will do a disservice to their readers and our community if they run this ad – not because NJDC disagrees with it, but rather because the RJC has shown zero concern that the ad is filled with lies….
“The RJC ad campaign is absolutely reprehensible. Not only is it misleading, but it’s factually incorrect. Since the 2000 election, the RJC has beat up on Joe Lieberman. Now they want to use him as their champion. Talk about chutzpadik! Even more, the ad’s identification of Cindy Sheehan as a ‘Leading Democratic Activist’ suggesting that she speaks for the Democratic Party is like Democrats saying that Mel Gibson is the new spokesman for the Republican Party simply because he’s a Christian conservative. It’s just not true.
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning journalism this Passover.
In this age of misinformation, our work is needed like never before. We report on the news that matters most to American Jews, driven by truth, not ideology.
At a time when newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall. That means for the first time in our 126-year history, Forward journalism is free to everyone, everywhere. With an ongoing war, rising antisemitism, and a flood of disinformation that may affect the upcoming election, we believe that free and open access to Jewish journalism is imperative.
Readers like you make it all possible. Right now, we’re in the middle of our Passover Pledge Drive and we still need 300 people to step up and make a gift to sustain our trustworthy, independent journalism.
Make a gift of any size and become a Forward member today. You’ll support our mission to tell the American Jewish story fully and fairly.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO
Join our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
Only 300 more gifts needed by April 30
