Stunning hypocrisy.
(Commentary) — Jewish Funds for Justice — the group that has loudly spoken out against Glenn Beck’s use of Holocaust comparisons — has defended George Soros’s controversial references to the Nazi regime, which were made during an interview on CNN yesterday morning.
The group told me that Soros’s comments were misinterpreted, and he did not, in fact, claim that Fox News was using Nazi tactics during his interview. Instead, Jewish Funds for Justice said that Soros was comparing Fox News to the German media that led to the fall of the Weimer Republic and the rise of the Nazi regime. The organization seemed to indicate that this was an acceptable, and even reasonable, comparison.
“You should really watch the interview again. George Soros did not compare Fox to Nazis,” the organization wrote in an email. “[Soros] talked about how during the Weimar Republic the media was full of falsehoods and deceived people, just like Glenn Beck and others do now. . . . Ultimately, these actions by the press during Weimar contributed to the downfall of the Republic and the beginning of the Third Reich.”