Eric Alterman pens a paean to the leftist, and appeasement focused J Street - a group that admitted it served as Obama's blocking back to promote his approach to Middle East policy.  Why would the "paper of record" honor Alterman by giving him the nod to broadcast his views? Maybe because Alterman earned the paper's respect by writing a column for the left-wing The Nation that outed Jews in the media who supported Israel and , by not so subtle implication, displayed dual loyalty in doing so. Here is Alterman New York Times column. More significantly here is the column he wrote for The Nation a few short years ago that castigated a range of Jewish groups for purportedly being "hawkish" and then listed a long list of Jews in the media who regularly "sound off on Israel" and whom he characterized as being mostly "Bush apologists." I thought the New York Times was the epitome of political correctness that would never accept any negative focus...(Read Full Post)