“Fake News” Is Real Anti-Semitism
Roy Moore's and Donald Trump's claims about "liberal media" conspiracies are the latest iteration of an age-old anti-Jewish dog whistle.
Andrea Grimes
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Andrea Grimes is a feminist journalist, editor, and podcaster living in Austin, Texas. Her commentaries, investigations, and analyses have appeared in the New York Times, the Texas Observer, Rewire News, Cosmopolitan, Bitch, Ms. and Jezebel, among many other publications. You can find her cussing on Twitter as @AndreaGrimes, or drinking a Bloody Mary on a sunny patio, or sometimes both.
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