Comments on: Let My People Go: The Election 2008 Edition http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/10/08/let-my-people-go-the-election-2008-edition/ "She is very powerful, so be nice to her." Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents, Eric Fingerhut Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:11:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lilatovcocktail http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/10/08/let-my-people-go-the-election-2008-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-142816 lilatovcocktail Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:45:08 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/?p=10236#comment-142816 typos. The last graf should read: If Republicans spend a gazillion dollars to run a bunch of full-page ads in the CJN, the only ethical thing the CJN staff can do to redress the imbalance is to hope that Democrats will buy an equal amount of space for an equally-memorable ad. typos. The last graf should read:

If Republicans spend a gazillion dollars to run a bunch of full-page ads in the CJN, the only ethical thing the CJN staff can do to redress the imbalance is to hope that Democrats will buy an equal amount of space for an equally-memorable ad.

]]> By: lilatovcocktail http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/10/08/let-my-people-go-the-election-2008-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-142815 lilatovcocktail Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:42:41 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/?p=10236#comment-142815 Good post, Jill. It shouldn't astound me that people are still perpetuating blatantly false negative rumors that fly in the face of all reason and proof, but it does. In the case of the Cleveland Jewish News (my former employer), few readers realize that while the CJN is charged with representing the entire span of Jewish opinions, affiliations, and experiences in NEOhio, it does NOT have the kind of community financial support such a mission might imply. The CJN is not a line-item in the Federation annual budget, and the communities visionaries who established the paper in 1964 did not, alas, also create an income-foundation that could prop the paper up in bad times. The CJN supports itself almost entirely on advertising, and while it can and does refuse run any blatantly offensive ads, it can't afford to turn down full-page ads from a major political party. The CJN, by the way, does NOT make political endorsements of any kind. It doesn't endorse candidates, nor does it run editorials that endorse or oppose particular election issues. That's part of the paper's mission statement. The takeaway: the publication of ads paid for by Jewish Republicans is neither an expression of the CJN's politics nor an endorsement of the ideas put forth in the ads. If Republicans spend a gazillion dollars to run a bunch of CJN ads, the only ethical thing the CJN staff can do to redress the imbalance is to is hope that Democratic will by an equal amount of on an equally-memorable ad. Good post, Jill. It shouldn’t astound me that people are still perpetuating blatantly false negative rumors that fly in the face of all reason and proof, but it does.

In the case of the Cleveland Jewish News (my former employer), few readers realize that while the CJN is charged with representing the entire span of Jewish opinions, affiliations, and experiences in NEOhio, it does NOT have the kind of community financial support such a mission might imply.

The CJN is not a line-item in the Federation annual budget, and the communities visionaries who established the paper in 1964 did not, alas, also create an income-foundation that could prop the paper up in bad times.

The CJN supports itself almost entirely on advertising, and while it can and does refuse run any blatantly offensive ads, it can’t afford to turn down full-page ads from a major political party.

The CJN, by the way, does NOT make political endorsements of any kind. It doesn’t endorse candidates, nor does it run editorials that endorse or oppose particular election issues. That’s part of the paper’s mission statement.

The takeaway: the publication of ads paid for by Jewish Republicans is neither an expression of the CJN’s politics nor an endorsement of the ideas put forth in the ads.

If Republicans spend a gazillion dollars to run a bunch of CJN ads, the only ethical thing the CJN staff can do to redress the imbalance is to is hope that Democratic will by an equal amount of on an equally-memorable ad.

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