New York Times Ridiculed Over Obvious Fake Name on ‘Jewish Voters’ for El-Sayed Story

The New York Times is being widely criticized for its report on a letter supposedly signed by more than 500 “Jewish voters” in Michigan who urged support for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.The Times, in a September 17 article headlined “Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed’s Senate Bid,” reported that the names on the open letter were of people “who identify as Jewish leaders or voters” in Michigan. A group called Michigan Jews for Democracy maintains the list of names in an online Google document, and it appears to be unvetted with the name “Jack Mehoff” still on the list of signatories. Many signatories didn’t use their full names.The list has grown to more than a thousand names and purports to be made up of “proud American Jews” who intended to vote for Dr. El-Sayed for the Senate. Dr. El-Sayed’s campaign also promoted the list, claiming it was a coalition of Jewish Michiganders that was endorsing his campaign.The Times article didn’t question the make up of the list and only included one quote from a person on it, the Democratic nominee for Michigan attorney general, Eli Savit. The article was published shortly after a group of Jewish Michiganders issued caution about Dr. El-Sayed over his anti-Israel views.The group Michigan Jews Against Extremism published its own list of more than 500 Jews who declared their intent to vote for Mike Rogers in the race. The list is made up of people who identified as Democrats and independents. The group says it has confirmed the Michigan residency over everyone on the list but party affiliation was not confirmed.George Mason University professor David Bernstein attacked its credibility on the pro-El-Sayed list. “In this list of ‘Jewish leaders’ there are five rabbis. One ‘is the first rabbi to lead a Unitarian Universalist Congregation.’ None lead mainstream congregations,” Mr. Bernstein said in an X post. He added that another of the rabbis leads a tiny Reconstructionist group that meets in a church. Another, according to Mr. Bernstein, is part-time, leading a small congregation in part-time services every other week and the other two have no congregation.“This is what I call news by press release, where some fringe group issues a press release and gullible or willful media outlets print it like it’s real news,” Mr. Bernstein wrote.“Why would they publish a story about a completely unreliable list with random names on a google sheet? Because the point was the narrative,” commentator AG Hamilton wrote on X.“Last night at a Detroit Yeshiva dinner, over 1000 actual Jewish voters gave a long, heartfelt standing ovation for Haley Stevens,” the Kiryas Joel School District superintendent, Joel Petlin wrote on X. “I’ll bet that almost every one of them believe that Abdul El-Sayed is NOT ‘the better choice for Jews,’ despite the hopes & prayers of the NY Times,” he continued.“The Slimes is a sinister and evil corporation and has been for 150 years,” conservative commenter Mark R. Levin reacted in an X post.The Times defended the article in a statement. “We found this letter newsworthy because of a number of the notable individuals who signed on and we confirmed that the people specifically mentioned in the story did in fact add their name,” a spokesman was quoted as saying.

New York Times Ridiculed Over Obvious Fake Name on ‘Jewish Voters’ for El-Sayed Story

New York Times Ridiculed Over Obvious Fake Name on ‘Jewish Voters’ for El-Sayed Story

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