Dershowitz Declares War Against Anti-Israel Media Watchdog
Harvard law professor, Alan Dershowitz, a staunch Democrat and ardent supporter of Israel, said on Monday that he has declared a personal war on the liberal media watchdog, Media Matters, for its harsh and biased coverage of Israel.
The media watchdog organization was launched to counter conservative bias in the media, but it has been widely accused of its extreme anti-Israel, and often anti-Semitic, views. Media Matters’ M.J. Rosenberg, a former AIPAC staffer who is now intensely critical of the pro-Israel lobby, drew criticism for using the term "Israel Firsters” to describe American Jews who allegedly put the interests of Israel before those of the United States.
Dershowitz’s campaign comes as a result of presidential officials holding regular meetings and weekly conference calls with Media Matters on campaign strategy.
At an address he gave at the University of Pennsylvania on February 2, which was intended to counter the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement of campus, Dershowtiz said, “Media Matters will be singlehandedly responsible for (Obama) losing this election. They (the Democrats) cannot win the election and keep this affiliation with them.”
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