After my article on the "Dancing Israelis" went up, I learned that someone who is very familiar with that info, but who I had never heard of before, was claiming that I didn't interview him for my article was because this person is not a "communist". A thread on this:
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The comment implies that he was not interviewed for not being a leftist, and I would like to point out that this is VERY false. I have often interviewed people like Daniel McAdams and others who hardly fit that label. Not everyone at MintPress is 100% leftwing progressive
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I intentionally avoid bringing my personal politics into my written work because I directly seek out topics and angles that I think will appeal to both sides, especially at a time when every effort is being made to keep ppl divided and mad at each other.
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But I will say that I am the least leftwing writer at MintPress and I produce roughly half its content. I do not agree with everything published there and I am sure that other writers do not agree with some of my articles.
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Despite this ignorant claim about MPN, I will be adding this person's analysis to the article in an update asap because I think the info is valid and this and all of my work is about disseminating good info and NOT about ego. I offered to discuss the matter in private, but no ans
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Also, in the future, if someone is mad that I don't know who they are or I didn't have time to read and retain all the info in all 500+ pages of the FBI report and other src material in a 3 day period, sue me it is because...
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I am a single mom with a 1.5 year old kid and i work full-time at mintpress and part-time as a translator. I have a full plate, I produce a TON of content on a huge variety of topics. I am not interested in playing to someone's ego but all readers deserve the best quality info.
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as an unapologetic communist, let me say how much your heroic work is appreciated, Whitney.
@RyLiberty is an ok guy, has done some good work, he just never read Marx seriously. he's not alone in that.
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