Shut Up, They Explained THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30TH ries about minorities into print. In he Consti- many cases, the promotion and pay tution only of executives are based on how well protects us they implement them. from gov- Any writer with the intelligence of, ernment curtailing say, a fourth-grader quickly learns our right of free how the game is played. If he can speech. It doesn't pro- come up with a strong piece on a tect us from each minority, chances are he will get bet- other. GEORGE ter display in the paper and might But when one voice CANTOR even land on the front page. More is removed from tele- Reality Check vision because he than that, he will make his bosses very happy. makes some people Anyone who denies this happens is uncomfortable, you can be sure that being disingenuous — which is a someday the silencers will come after polite way of saying that he is lying. 1 a voice you want to hear. So there is just enough fact in I Over the last month, I have read Limbaugh's statement to make it I and listened to countless commen- worth discussing. taries on Rush Limbaugh's remarks Or maybe not. What can be said I about quarterback Donovan - on talk radio cannot be said anymore ' McNabb._Almost unanimously they on network television I say that Limbaugh was or in many newspa- .. I wrong and offensive. pers. This is a hot , I don't know if that is wire. Touch it and really the point. your career is toast. I Limbaugh had built a I don't think it is I. career — or he did until coincidental that I his recent drug addic- Limbaugh rose to I tion problem — upon prominence just as the I being offensive. It is nation's press adopted I what the man does. mainstreaming and Everyone should know other forms of political I that by now. correctness as their I don't especially like daily fare. I also don't .: I what he has done to think it is a coinci-. I talk radio. I preferred Once a Rush Limbaugh dence that newspaper I the more cerebral and is righteously silenced, circulation overall in respectful approach taken where does it end? that same period has I by a David Newman fallen. I rather than by Limbaugh That is why he is so and his legion of smash- detested by other : mouth imitators. media. Not only does he dare to Still, the man should have a right express different opinions, he also : I to express opinions that challenge cuts into their profitability. certain orthodoxies on race and jour- But once a Limbaugh is righteously nalism without being forced to resign silenced, where does it end? his job. I I don't agree with his assessment of Defenders of Israel already are being shouted down on many campuses by McNabb's abilities. But there is, organized protesters. Right-to-lifers unfortunately, a kernel of truth in his use the same techniques to intimidate statement that sportswriters have their opponents. It is all linked by overrated him because they want to the same hostility to dissent. see black quarterbacks succeed. When institutions that should pro- If you write for a major American tect dissent suppress it, instead, that newspaper today, you are affected by is not a healthy situation for a demo- the concept of mainstreaming. cratic society. I Newspapers would prefer you didn't When-I was growing up, we were I . know about this, but there are set-in- taught that the core of free speech stone policies on getting positive sto- was the phrase: "I disagree with what George Cantor, a West Bloomfield you say, but I defend to the death resident, is a native Detroiter and your right to say it." 1 longtime Detroit journalist. His e-mail Whatever happened to that? Cl I address is gcantor@thejewishnews.com T THROUGH SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST 4 *4/ Brad Longenecker will be at Roz & Sherm representing this beautifully crafted jewelry, hand set with unique gemstones. t CAMP RAMAH IN CANADA - THE MAX & BEATRICE WOLFE CAMPUS 4 AND TIC BUSH MYR VAS NOT WI( :ONSuNtED 170K SPACE AVAILABLE FOR 2004!!!!! 2 one-month sessions: June 23-July 18, 2003; July 19-August 16, 2004 or Full season: June 23-August 16, 2004 Tikvah program for special needs campers ages 12-21 COME TO AN INFORMATION MEETING Tuesday, October 28, 2003 Congregation Shaarey Zedek 2075 Walnut Lake Road West Bloomfield 6:00 PM (pizza served) Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Adat Shalom Synagogue 29901 Middlebelt Road Farmington Hills 6:15 pm (pizza served) For more information on all camp programs contact: Camp Ramah in Canada 491 Lawrence Avenue West Suite 400 Toronto, ON, M5M 1C7 Tel. 416-789-2193 Fax 416-789-3970 info@eampramah.com Ramah - The Camping Arm of Conservative Judaism ONTARIO CAMP.. ASSOCWION 10/24 691560 2003 H