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IS TONY KUSHNER THE NEW HELEN THOMAS?
By Danny Schechter
Author of The Crime Of Our Time
First, it was Helen Thomas.
After the veteran White House correspondent spoke inelegantly once about her feelings about Israel-and apologized, but to no effect-she was blackballed at the instigation of strident Israeli supporters and her career achievement -standing journalism awards were stripped. She became persona non-grate with many media outlets joining in the denunciations of a colleague they honored for decades.
Many at the time suspected the wrath was especially severe because she is an Arab-American. Right-wing provocateur Ann Coulter even asked if “that Arab” should be allowed near the President.
But, now a new flap driven by some of the same issues involves a Jewish Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and a leading academic institution in New York.
His name: Tony Kushner, best known for the brilliant Angels in America plays that bravely took on AIDS and the hypocrisy if not criminality of a the prominent Jewish lawyer Roy Cohen, an aide to the late fanatically anti- communist symbol, Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Now McCarthy’s name has been introduced into a debate following a decision by a City University of New York to strip Kushner of an honorary degree afte
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Danny Schechter
American television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic
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Schechter in 2009 | |
| Born | Daniel Isaac Schechter (1942-06-27)June 27, 1942 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | March 19, 2015(2015-03-19) (aged 72) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (B.A.) London School of Economics (M.A.) |
| Occupation(s) | television producer, filmmaker, media critic, author, professor |
| Organization(s) | African National Congress, Artists United Against Apartheid |
| Movement | Northern Student Movement, anti-apartheid |
| Children | Sarah Schechter |
| Awards | see awards and honors |
Daniel Isaac Schechter (June 27, 1942 – March 19, 2015) was an American television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic. He wrote and spoke about many issues including apartheid, civil rights, economics, foreign policy, journalistic control and ethics, and medicine. While attending the London School of Economics in the 1960s, Schechter became an anti-apartheid activist and made trips to South Africa on behalf of the African National Congress (ANC). Later he would help musician Steven Van Zandt assemble other performers to form Artists United Against Apartheid, who released the album Sun City in 1985.
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