Today, on their website, the ADL, a notorious Jewish supremacist organization, launched a vicious attack on The Daily Northwestern, the paper for Northwestern University. They're criticizing the paper for having published a column by professor Arthur Butz, the author of The Hoax of the Twentieth Century, a serious, scholarly work attempting to clarify the "Holocau$t".

Link:
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/HolocaustDenial-83/20060216_83.htm

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ADL's PROPAGANDA

Press Release Holocaust Denial

Daily Northwestern's Defense of Holocaust Denial Column "A Stunning Disregard for Journalistic Ethics"

Chicago, IL, February 16, 2006 ... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called the The Daily Northwestern's defense of its decision to run a column by a well-known Holocaust denier "irresponsible journalism." The paper today ran an editorial defending its decision to run a February 14 column by Arthur Butz, a well-known Holocaust denier and Northwestern University professor of electrical engineering, on the basis of seeking a "balanced perspective" and "fairness."

Lonnie Nasatir, Director of ADL's Greater Chicago/Upper Midwest office, issued the following statement:

We are appalled at the utter irresponsibility of The Daily Northwestern in soliciting and printing a column by notorious Holocaust denier Arthur Butz and then defending that decision in the name of balance and fairness. The paper's actions show a stunning disregard for journalistic ethics and integrity.

ADL is a strong supporter of a free press. However, with that freedom comes responsibility. With its actions, The Daily Northwestern has chosen to provide legitimacy to the views of a Holocaust denier. Ignoring a mountain of evidence from serious scholars, the paper claims to have 'verified' 'all the facts' used by Butz, presumably including the assertions of fellow Holocaust deniers cited by Butz, Germar Rudolf and Fred Leuchter, that the 'alleged gas chambers… weren't gas chambers.' This is complicity with Holocaust denial, not fact-checking.

The Daily is wrong to argue that Holocaust denial is not hateful. Butz's view of the Holocaust, that it was all a Jewish hoax cooked up to deceive the world, is hateful, even if cloaked in scientific terms. In its misguided attempt at balance, the paper has concluded that debating whether the Holocaust actually happened is right and proper. The Daily's view of fairness is apparently anything goes. This is irresponsible journalism. Notwithstanding The Daily's assertion that they 'do not endorse' Butz's views, we do not want the pages of our newspapers filled, for instance, with columns from members of the Ku Klux Klan arguing for the long-debunked, pseudo-scientific theory that whites are racially superior.

Newspapers have a duty to the community to exercise responsible editorial control of their pages, not to engage in cheap publicity stunts. Holocaust denial is offensive to the memory of the 6 million Jews and 5 million others who were murdered in the Holocaust, as well as to those soldiers who fought to defeat Nazi barbarity. The Daily Northwestern owes its readers an apology and a thorough examination of its journalistic policies and procedures.

The Daily Northwestern's response can be found here:

I cant make the precise link work. This is the best I can do.
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com
Then page down to Forum, and click on "Only fair to give Butz a forum".

THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN'S RESPONSE

FORUM
Only fair to give Butz a forum
February 16, 2006

For more than a week The Daily has run stories, cartoons and letters to the editor questioning the views of McCormick Prof. Arthur Butz. The Daily asked Butz to write a column in the interest of fairness. Whenever a person is criticized, we seek their comment. We believe a balanced perspective is always in the community’s best interest.

Still, some were shocked to see the Forum Page on Tuesday. The page featured a solicited guest column from Butz entitled “Iran has the U.S.’s number.” Many readers have wondered why we chose to run this column. After careful consideration, The Daily decided that it was the fair thing to do.

The Daily has since received massive criticism, calling our actions “an embarrassment.” So it’s important to provide our reasoning for giving Butz a forum.

By publishing Butz, we hope readers looked past the byline and read the content. People hear the term “Holocaust revisionist” and jump to their own conclusions. If Butz’s comments were violent and or hateful, we wouldn’t have run them. Through the column, The Daily hoped to facilitate a more educated debate over Butz’s beliefs. If the comments on dailynorthwestern.com are any indication, that debate has begun.

The Daily took considerable care before publishing the column. All the facts used were all verified, even if he drew horrendous, misguided conclusions from them.

We do not endorse the views of Butz. The Holocaust was an atrocity. We don’t doubt at all that it happened.

The Daily doesn’t attempt to pull cheap publicity tricks. In fact, we deliberately try to avoid becoming the news that we publish. But above all, we work to preserve one of journalism’s most fundamental principles: fairness.

They have a Comments section. Yeah, they're lemmings, but if they're willing to defend freedom of speech against Jewish power, they're worthy of support. They could use some more supportive comments if anyone has time.