aftonbladet Anti-Semitism in Sweden Sweden

SWEDISH PAPER AFTONBLADET CALLS UP JEWISH COMEDIAN, CRACKS ANTI-SEMITIC COMMENT THEN ASKS FOR HIS OPINIONS ON ANTI-SEMITISM……..

 

Really, really classy.

This is the same newspaper that spread the false meme/bloodlibel that IDF medical doctors were harvesting Arab organs.

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Swedish Comedian Confronts His Country’s ‘Anti-Semitic’ Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014  Author: Eli Wishnivetski

Anti-Semitic graffiti painted outside a Stockholm school. Photo: Calle Nathanson via Twitter.

In early August, Swedish-Jewish writer and comedian Aron Flam took a call from Aftonbladet, one of Sweden’s largest newspapers – “Hello?” he asked. The newspaper staff did not notice that Flam had picked up the line. “Come on, we need someone playing the part of the disgruntled Jew,” someone said. “I can hear you!” exclaimed Flam. “Eh, hello? Yes, this is Aftonbladet debate (section) – would you write something about anti-Semitism in Sweden?”

Whether in print or online, Sweden’s newspaper consumption ratio is one of the highest in the world. Technically considered a tabloid, Aftonbladet has the country’s biggest print circulation and was at the forefront of adopting Internet publishing. Despite the multitude of readers amongst the nation’s 9.5 million citizens, the daily’s journalistic standards have repeatedly come into question.

In 2006, one of the paper’s own columnists criticized its emphasis on celebrity coverage rather than the war in Iraq. The memoir of world renowned moviemaker Ingmar Bergman accused Aftonbladet of deliberate character assassination. But it was the paper’s 2009 publication of the claim that Israel appropriated, harvested, and sold Palestinian organs – that brought it worldwide infamy and condemnation. Many referred to the report as a blood libel. Editor-in-chief Jan Helin repeatedly stood behind the reporting prior to confessing to a complete lack of substantiation.

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