On this edition of Your Call’s media roundtable, we’ll discuss coverage of the campaign against Representative Ilhan Omar for criticizing the political influence of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC and House Democrats’ debate over anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
We’ll also hear about about a nine-month Mother Jones investigation about how recovering addicts are wooed by patient brokers and rehabs to fill beds and collect insurance money.
Guests:
Mairav Zonszein, freelance journalist and contributor to +972 Magazine.
Ben Ehrenreich, freelance journalist, and author of The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine
Julia Lurie, reporter at Mother Jones
Web Resources:
The New Republic: This Is What the Beginning of a Real Israel Debate Looks Like
Independent: As an Israeli American, I agree with Ilhan Omar much more than the US politicians weaponising antisemitism
Mother Jones: How rehab recruiters are luring recovering opioid addicts into a deadly cycle
