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Ms. Magazine and Israel

By Mike

Whatever your opinion of Israel, there's no question that it's the best place in the Middle East for women.  This isn't even debatable.  In an effort to bolster the image of Israel, the American Jewish Congress sought to run this ad in Ms. magazine: Ms. magazine refused to run the ad.  Because of Ms.'s refusal to run the ad, the AJC concluded that, "Ms. has the right to turn down our ad. But in exercising that right, it has spoken loudly about itself and its readership, and their lingering hostility to Israel."  Eugene Volokh agrees. To me, that statement is an obvious non-sequitor.  Ms. may indeed support Israel.  But the job of Ms. editors is to sell magazines and not turn off subscribers.  This is why writers hate editors...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on January 11, 2008 (boomark / email).