We recently noted how it took Newsmax more than two weeks to report on Mel Gibson’s latest hateful tirade — and even then, James Hirsen was making excuses for him. Other celebrities don’t get that kind of protection.
So when director Oliver Stone blamed a focus on the Holocaust on “Jewish domination of the media,” Newsmax was Johnny-on-the-spot with a July 26 article.
Hirsen was quick on the draw as well, mixing Stone with his latest apologetic Gibson coverage — in fact, his item is built around Stone’s prediction (which echoed Hirsen’s own fervent desire) that Gibson’s career hasn’t been completely destroyed by his hateful rantings, which Stone agrees with. To his credit, Hirsen writes that Gibson is “a business associate and friend,” disclosure he wasn’t interested in making when he was playing defense for Gibson over “The Passion of the Christ” and his previous hateful rantings.
Hirsen actually doesn’t mention the remarks that drew interest on Newsmax’s news side but, rather, another comment that government should be in charge of health care and energy. “This is unabashed Marxism,” Hirsen harrumphed. So this just may be extrordinarily bad timing on Hirsen’s part — Stone is probably the wrong guy to vouch for Stone this particular week.