The New York Times Cozies Up to Playful Communists in Manhattan
New York Times reporter Channing Joseph engaged in light-hearted humanizing of those stuffy Communists in Sunday’s Metro section, “ Where Marxists Pontificate, And Play .” The worst thing Joseph can say about the gathering of supporters of tyrannical regimes at the Brecht Forum in Manhattan is that Communsits have a reputation for “seriousness.” There’s even a boring online slide show with cozy captions : “There are little hints of humor all around the Brecht Forum….” Judging by the photos, very little. Try to imagine the Times getting so cozy among a group of mainstream Republicans, much less Tea Party supporters. Hanging out with the Communist group, Joseph posed no inconveniently challenging questions on the atrocities of Stalin, Mao, or Castro. Instead, “smiles abound” and gentleness reigns in this non-news news story. If communists have a reputation for anything, it is seriousness. (And if you have seen old photos of Karl Marx, you know that he did not smile much.) But at the Brecht Forum, a community center on West Street where revolutionaries and radicals gather daily to ponder and to pontificate, they also play. (Smiles abound.) read more
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The New York Times Cozies Up to Playful Communists in Manhattan
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