NYT Marks Jewish Opponents of Iran Deal with Yellow Highlighter

The New York Times

The New York Times did an analysis of opponents of the nuclear deal today, taking a highlighter to the Jews even though more Jewish members than not back the president.

“Though more Jewish members of Congress support the deal than oppose it, the Democrats against the deal are more likely to be Jewish or represent Jewish constituencies,” the brief article states.

Their list of House members similarly highlights the Jews — and places Jewish opponents Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Lois Frankel (D-N.Y.) at the top of the list.

Twitter users accused the NYT of stoking dual-loyalty accusations with their yellow highlighter.

UPDATE 8 p.m. EST: The NYT quietly removed the “Jewish” column without issuing a correction.

NYT Deputy Washington Editor Jonathan Weisman has taken responsibility for the graphic:

@Yair_Rosenberg @MtthwRose As I said, I take responsibility for graphic & don’t apologize. We kept data, just put it into intro. I’m Jewish

— Jonathan Weisman (@jonathanweisman) September 10, 2015

@mr_markjacobs @LoriLMarcus @Sulliview Mark, did you mean yellow because @NYTimes implies Jewish duplicity or color of those Nazi ID stars?

— Michael Podwill (@MichaelPodwill) September 10, 2015

@nytimes @JewishJournal When did publishing lists of Jews come back into style?

— righteous axe (@righteousaxe) September 10, 2015

Um, since when did @nytimes start channeling for David Duke?

— Dexter Van Zile (@dextervanzile) September 10, 2015

@dextervanzile @ericswerdlin @nytimes it does sort of feel like a hit list, doesnt it? & the data to show its all the jews fault

— e_michael (@e_michael1) September 10, 2015

Gee, thanks @nytimes! Your “Jew-dentifier” will be super handy; since they get weird abt wearing badges! #IranDeal pic.twitter.com/IRDcL3x5Nx

— Ben Crystal (@Bennettruth) September 10, 2015

@nytimes Was there not one editor who thought it a tad creepy to specifically ID all Jews in congress who are against the #IranDeal ?

— Mike Report (@MikeReport1) September 10, 2015