In this case, the remarks that a contributor to the Guardian found removed, without explanation, from his piece were not about the latest wonder-working inventions of the Start-Up Nation, nor about the latest medical discoveries by Israeli scientists that no doubt are saving lives — even the lives of Guardian staff and readers — all over the world. No, this attempt to eliminate any favorable mention of Israel had to do with a single-malt whiskey produced in Israel by the M & H (Milk and Honey) Distilleries. This is the latest effort by those at the Guardian who want to uphold the paper’s Golden Rule. To wit: if you can’t say something bad about Israel, don’t say anything at all. More on this latest sooterkins of anti-Israel nastiness can be found here: “The @Guardian censors a mention of an Israeli whisky. How stupid is that?,” Elder of Ziyon, November 5, 2024:
Henry Jeffreys is a wine critic for various media. He wrote a review of world whiskeys for The Guardian.
His original article, which was initially published in The Guardian, mentioned an excellent Israeli whiskey. Here is a screenshot of part of the article:
He tweeted, “This is really curious. In my latest @guardian column I mention an Israeli whisky. See attached. It didn’t make it into the print edition and now it’s vanished from the website. 🤔”
Sure enough, the Guardian’s article had excised the Israeli whisky:
He tweeted this on November 2, and presumably told his editor at The Guardian about it, but the newspaper didn’t respond until social media attention (including from me.)
Today, the online version of the article reinstates the missing sentence about the Israeli whisky, with an editor’s terse note: “This article was amended on 5 November 2024 to reinstate a reference to a whisky from the M&H distillery.”…
Here’s a thought. Go to your nearest liquor store. If they have it, buy a bottle of M&H Single Malt Whiskey. If they don’t have it, which is likely, urge them to stock it — hand them a copy of the uncensored version of the review by Henry Jeffreys, which includes this:.“I’d highly recommend readers get hold of a bottle: it’s M&H 4-Year-Old 2019 (The Heart Cut) or try the M&H Sherry Elements which won World’s Best Single Malt at the World Whiskies Awards 2023,”
And even though I haven’t had a drop of whiskey myself since, in 1985, I stood at the Standing Stones of Callanish and drank, from a flask, a wee dram of The Macallan, I’m going to make an exception in this case.
Rick Gordon says
The Guardian has a longstanding anti-Israel and anti-American sentiment. They have no concern for either objective reporting or truth. It should be embarrassing to the ‘profession’ of journalism.
Taffy says
I will try to find it in the local liquor stores and give it a shot (pun intended)! I am not much of a drinker, but every once in a while, I appreciate sipping a good scotch or bourbon.
Usually the spelling “whisky” is reserved for scotch, and “whiskey” is for all other whiskeys.
Rufolino says
I understood that “whiskey” is the Irish version. In Iris Murdoch’s (Irish ancestry) novels, whisky is the preferred tipple and she always spells it “whiskey”.
gravenimage says
The Guardian Tries to Censor Any Positive Remarks About Israel
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Just appalling–but consider the source.
Namer says
Hard to believe that Britain once ruled the seas and didnt care about hurting anyones feelings.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Does anyone who is even remotely pro-Israel read the Guardian? Or watch the BBC?