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Article: Asian American Journalists Association condemns Nolan Finley's column
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- The Arab American News
- Article date:
- April 8, 2006
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SAN FRANCISCO - The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) added their name to the growing list of organizations condemning The Detroit News 'editorial page editor Nolan Finley for his February 5th column in the Detroit News which contained hate speech and racist remarks about Palestinians.
In its letter to Nolan Finley of The Detroit News the AAJA wrote, "We write to object to your Feb. 5 column that casts the entire Palestinian people as having "a lust for Jewish blood." It goes beyond free speech and crosses the line into racial stereotyping...This sort of baseless, and hyperbolic name-calling, is offensive to readers, offensive to other journalists - and inappropriate for a ...