Ranking billionaires is increasingly to Forbes what ranking colleges is to USN&WR: a raison d'etre.
After all, billionaires get a lot of coverage in the press. According to the NYTimes.com website's search engine, the New York Times has posted 7,590 articles containing "billionaire" over just the last 30 days.
Similarly, Jewish topics are of great interest to the press. The New York Times' search engine says the Grey Lady of journalism has posted 11,000 articles containing "Jewish" over the last 30 days.
Now, you might think that therefore Jewish billionaires would be a particularly interesting subject for the mainstream American press. After all, the Forbes Israel cover story of a couple of weeks ago counting Jewish billionaires has proven enthralling to the American Jewish press and to the Israeli press.
But, a Google search on
forbes israel jewish billionaires
turns up distinctly limited coverage. Here's the first page from the main Google search engine (i.e., not Google News, but plain old Google Web):
News for forbes israel jewish billionaires
Sailer: Forbes Israel's list of 165 Jewish billionaires
VDARE.com - 1 day agoSailer: Forbes Israel's list of 165 Jewish billionaires - Steve Sailer
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Forbes Israel boasts of power of Jewish billionaires - Mondoweiss
mondoweiss.net/2013/04/forbes-jewish-billionaires.html
Oracle CEO heads Forbes Israel list of Jewish billionaires | j. the ...
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Oracle's Ellison heads Forbes Israel list of Jewish billionaires | JTA ...
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JTA is the Jewish Telegraph Agency, a venerable wire service.
Jewish billionaires worth $812 billion, Forbes Israel reports - Haaretz
www.haaretz.com/jewish.../jewish.../jewish-billionaires-worth-812-billion...
The Jewish Billionaires of Forbes / Jspace News
www.jspace.com/news/articles/the-jewish-billionaires-of-forbes/8044
World's 165 Jewish billionaires worth combined $812 billion | The ...
www.timesofisrael.com › Jewish Times
Forbes' Billionaires: Who's Jewish? - World Jewish Daily
www.worldjewishdaily.com/billionaires.php
Larry Ellison Tops $812B Forbes List of Jewish Billionaires - Forward
forward.com/articles/175048/larry-ellison-tops-b-forbes-list-of-jewish-bil/
Jewish billionaires worth $812 billion, Forbes Israel reports ...
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Forbes ranking: The world's richest Jews | JPost | Israel News
www.jpost.com/.../Forbes-ranking-The-worlds-richest-Jews-310104
JEWISH BILLIONAIRE'S - International Men's Organisation
www.intmensorg.info/jewishbillionaires.htm
Forbes Israel ranks the world's richest Jews - Israel Hayom
www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=3821
Jewish Wealth by the Numbers - Taki's Magazine
takimag.com/article/jewish_wealth_by_the_numbers_steve_sailer
Forbes: 11.6% of world's billionaires are Jews, totally admired by ...
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Forbes Israel boasts of power of Jewish billionaires - eWallstreeter
ewallstreeter.com/go.php?to=36656207
David Azrieli & family - Forbes
www.forbes.com/profile/david-azrieli/
Forbes Israel ranks world's richest Jews - Israel Business, Ynetnews
www.ynetnews.com › Ynetnews › Business
Forbes' Billionaires: The Richest Jews in the World / Jspace News
www.jspace.com/news/articles/forbes-billionaires-the...jews-in.../13165
Forbes Israel: Jews R Still Rich | New Voices
newvoices.org/2013/04/19/forbes-israel-jews-r-still-rich/
Apr 19, 2013 – The lovely group over at Forbes Israel (as if “ANTI-SEMITE FODDER” isn't ... The two people that founded Google are Jewish AND billionaires.Forbes Israel Reveals The Richest Jews In The World | Elite Daily
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'World's Jewish billionaires worth combined $812 billion' | The Ugly ...
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Oracle CEO Heads Forbes Israel List Of Jewish Billionaires - Congoo
www.congoo.com/news/2013April26/Oracle-CEO-heads-Forbes-Israel
Jewish Billionaires - Sunray 22 B
sunray22b.net/jewish_billionaires.htm
race/history/evolution notes: The world's richest Jews (an incomplete ...
racehist.blogspot.com/2013/.../the-worlds-richest-jews-incomplete-list.ht...
World's richest Jews ranked: Forbes Israel publishes annual Jewish ...
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Top 10 Jewish Billionaires List 2012 | Jewish & Israel News ...
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Seventeen Israelis make Forbes billionaires list | The Times of Israel
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>Jewish topics are of great interest to the press. The New York Times' search engine says the Grey Lady of journalism [etc.]<
ReplyDeleteA bit misleading or perhaps some tongue-in-cheek there. The NYT might as well be a Jewish newspaper (though Ochs hoped it wouldn't be).
For example, until I stopped reading it, at least one story referencing the Holocaust in some fashion appeared in seemingly every edition. (In other words, if an edition omitted this subject, I missed it.) That's unusual, frankly. This was roughly 1981-2003.
Haven't read it since the Iraq War cheerleading.
ot - mayor bloomberg's plan seems to be working. from ta-nehisi coates:
ReplyDeleteA Good Reason to Leave New York
The explicit racism of Stop and Frisk
If you want real News and information you should red jewish/israeli newspapers.
ReplyDeleteVia Instapundit: Local NBC Reporter Hilariously Denies Soviet Flags Present At May Day Rally: ‘What Do They Represent?’:
ReplyDeleteWhile covering a May Day rally in Manhattan’s Union Square on Wednesday, NBC New York reporter Ida Siegal was cornered and asked if her network planned to show the communist imagery the protesters were displaying. Hilarity ensued when Siegal immediately became defensive, denying she had seen any communist imagery and asking of the “Hammer-and-Sickle” flags: “What do they represent?”
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(Emphasis in the original.)
Ida Siegal's expression in the photo is nicely blank: she wouldn't have a clue what those flags might mean. Her performance in the video clip is nice too: oblivious to the Communist flags, but wise to anyone asking about them.
Sometimes some members of the mass media are curiously blind to what's big, bold and right in front of their eyes.
(Actually it's a lot of members of the mass media, and high decision-makers in other fields too.)
This might be what's behind that curious blindness to and lack of interest in Jewish billionaires.
Steve, I think you've got to be misunderstanding your NYT's search results. Maybe the word "Jewish" appeared 11,000 times in 30 days, but 11,000 separate articles with the word Jewish? I don't think the Times runs 366 articles a day, let alone stories that mentions Jews. If it's off by a factor of 10 your point stands, but something definitely doesn't add up...
ReplyDeletehbd chick said...
ReplyDeleteot - mayor bloomberg's plan seems to be working. from ta-nehisi coates:
A Good Reason to Leave New York
The explicit racism of Stop and Frisk
Well...of course that IS the ultimate goal, isn't it.
Stop 'em, frisk 'em, convince 'em to move.
So Haaretz, Stormfront, iSteve, and Gamespot.
ReplyDeleteAlright!
The New York Times' search engine says the Grey Lady of journalism has posted 11,000 articles containing "Jewish" over the last 30 days.
ReplyDeleteThis is just completely wrong. If you sort the results chronologically and scroll through them, you will see that there are actually 226 hits for "Jewish" (which also includes "Jew" and "Jews") in the last 30 days. Also, many of those hits are for articles that don't really have anything to do with Jews, like listings of community events and references to entities like the Jewish Health Center.
The Times search engine seems to automatically list a high number of results. If you set the search to "past 12 months" it says there are 10,800 hits for "Jewish", which can't be true if there were 10,700 in the last 30 days.
As another commenter pointed out, 366 articles a day with the word "Jewish" should suggest that something is wrong with your results.
There should be a Stewart Standard for Jewish touchiness. Here is the latest example.
ReplyDeleteSearch for Jon's ingratiating interview with Richard Perle to realize blood is thicker than politics.
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ReplyDeleteThere should be a Stewart Standard for Jewish touchiness. Here is the latest example.
Search for Jon's ingratiating interview with Richard Perle to realize blood is thicker than politics.
5/3/13, 4:44 PM
My wife was very close friends with one of the senior producers of his show. Jon is a really nasty piece of work supposedly.
On topic, with regards to his tribal solidarity, I seem to recall him appearing on Letterman back when Dave had a daytime show (I believe it was Letterman), and Jon Stewart was an up & coming comedian. Anyway, I remember Jon going off on this quasi rant about how "the Jews" all need to watch out, because one day "they" will come for them again in black vans and round them all up. I remember Dave trying to make a joke of it, but Jon was pretty earnest. I'd love for someone to dig up that clip....
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/may/23/invention-david-bowie/?pagination=false
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/may/23/maggie/?pagination=false