The silencing of Dorothy Thompson

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She hated Hitler.  She loved jews.  Look what happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGtRzkNoEuM

Dorothy Thompson 'erased from history'

According to the Britannica encyclopedia, Dorothy Thompson was "one of the most famous journalists of the twentieth century." And yet, well before the end of the 20th century, she was "erased from history," in the words of her biographer, because of her reporting on Palestine. Today she is virtually unknown.

Thompson was a truly fearless reporter, powerful writer, acclaimed columnist, and hugely popular public speaker.

She had a column that was syndicated worldwide, reaching 9 million readers through 170 newspapers, and was the highest paid lecturer in the United States. Time magazine put her on the cover in 1939 and said that apart from Eleanor Roosevelt she was the most influential woman in the United States.

A movie starring Katharine Hepburn and a Broadway play featuring Lauren Bacall were based on Thompson.

She was also the first journalist of note to be expelled by Hitler, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has an entry on Thompson that states: "Dorothy Thompson was one of America's most urgent, eloquent voices against Nazism. Her writing and radio broadcasts alerted millions of people to Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews as well as the threat it posed to democracy and international peace."

The article doesn't mention Thompson's reporting on what some call the "Palestinian holocaust," and the fact that Israel partisans then worked to destroy her livelihood because of it. As Thompson wrote, there was a ruthless campaign against her of "career assassination and character assassination."

Despite her unprecedented renown, after Thompson traveled to Palestine and began to write and speak about that issue, Israel advocates turned on her, using their power to end her career. One by one, major media outlets canceled her. Today, when there are women's studies departments around the country and frequent focus on women's rights, very few have heard about the journalist who for many years was the most famous woman journalist in America.

A media watchdog organization, Alternate Focus, has been working on a documentary about Thompson. Below is one of their videos. (Their work has been temporarily suspended as they desperately seek donations so they can finish the project.)

https://israelpalestinenews.org/hedges-taibbi-greenwald-discuss-anti-trump-censorship-reminiscent-of-dorothy-thompson/