E. sent me this: "So Max Blumenthal tweeted this today, regarding Antoun Issa's recent
departure from Al Akhbar English, which by the way had nothing at all to do with
politics:
@jessradio
Thanks Jess
Speaking of placing politics over professionalism, isn't it rather unprofessional to cite a self-serving flagrant lie that suits Max's own narrative about Al-Akhbar's "sad decline," following his own equally unprofessional departure, staged as a principled stance, when we all know ? Antoun's departure, for the record, and I would like to see him dispute this, has absolutely nothing to do with politics. Whatsofuckingever. Why Max would just believe that is- however- very telling of his own deeply held prejudices. I mean, an Arab publication can only ever put politics ahead of professionalism, right? Why else would someone leave an Arab newspaper? Certainly not because Antoun was.... And of course, it wasn't because he..... None of that had anything to do with it. It was politics. Presumably Syria. But why would Max seek out the facts before posting a tweet like that when he knows everything? The all-knowing white male.
Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal
Just
learned my fmr colleague @antissa
has quit Al Akhbar citing the paper placing politics over professionalism. A sad
decline to watch.
And then...Jess Hill tweeted this, to which Antoun responded:
6hAntoun Issa @antissa
Speaking of placing politics over professionalism, isn't it rather unprofessional to cite a self-serving flagrant lie that suits Max's own narrative about Al-Akhbar's "sad decline," following his own equally unprofessional departure, staged as a principled stance, when we all know ? Antoun's departure, for the record, and I would like to see him dispute this, has absolutely nothing to do with politics. Whatsofuckingever. Why Max would just believe that is- however- very telling of his own deeply held prejudices. I mean, an Arab publication can only ever put politics ahead of professionalism, right? Why else would someone leave an Arab newspaper? Certainly not because Antoun was.... And of course, it wasn't because he..... None of that had anything to do with it. It was politics. Presumably Syria. But why would Max seek out the facts before posting a tweet like that when he knows everything? The all-knowing white male.
Of course, if politics were behind Antoun's departure perhaps it should
have been because of this (screen capture from his Facebook wall attached.)
If you choose to blog about this, please don't mention internal detail".
