The ADL Was A Farce Long Before It Made Excuses For Elon Musk | Defector
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The article critiques the actions and priorities of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), particularly under the leadership of Jonathan Greenblatt. Following Elon Musk's controversial salute during a Trump event, the ADL's ambiguous response highlights a perceived bias towards protecting Musk and a diversion from its core mission of combating hate. Internal sources reveal a pro-Israel agenda that detracts from genuine anti-hate efforts, while the organization is accused of inflating antisemitism statistics to suit its narrative, leaving many disillusioned with its effectiveness and integrity.
When lazy media outlets need a secondary source to provide comment for news on antisemitism or another hate crime, they get a quote from Greenblatt or use his organization's cooked data, which according to its own staffers is inflated to include support of Palestine as incidents of antisemitism.
The ADL has a pro-Israel bias and an agenda to suppress pro-Palestinian activism, an anonymous ADL employee told The Guardian in a 2024 article about how staff were sick of Greenblatt's misrepresentation of their work.
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