Speaking of the New Republic, its most recent issue expresses concern that because Rupert Murdoch has business dealings with China, THE WEEKLY STANDARD will pull its punches with respect to that regime: “We’ll be watching for the STANDARD’S hard-hitting attacks on the Communist tyrants in Beijing…”
They haven’t been watching very hard. Take a look at the article in our first issue, “Rule by Thieves,” where George Jochnowitz calls China a ” kleptocracy” in the iron grip of”wicked leaders.” Or take a look at last week’s Scrapbook, specifically the item titled “Post-Cold-War Commie Update,” where we criticize Bill Clinton’s “kowtow” to the Communist Chinese for refusing to have the Dalai Lama in the Oval Offce “so as not to antagonize Tibet’s tormentors in Beijing.”
For our part, we’ve been watching for years for TNR’s hard-hitting attacks on the Singer Sewing Machine Co.
