September 09, 2013 10:25 AM UTC

Stay Classy, Pueblo Chieftain

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: For what it's worth, the Denver Post's Lynn Bartels:

Former Sens. Ken Gordon, Joyce Foster, both Jewish, say Bloomberg ad wasn't anti-Semitic. #copolitics http://t.co/rgr11V3rzY

— Lynn Bartels (@lynn_bartels) September 9, 2013

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Media Matters:

A Colorado newspaper has repeatedly run an anti-Semitic ad depicting New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is Jewish, as a puppet-master who controls a state senator the ad's sponsor is seeking to recall from office for supporting stronger gun laws.

The September 8 and 9 editions of the Pueblo Chieftain featured the half-page advertisement. The group responsible for the ad, Pueblo Freedom and Rights, is credited with starting the campaign to recall the ad's target, State Sen. Angela Giron, over her support for legislation that expanded background checks on gun purchases and imposed a 15-round limit on firearm magazine size. Early voting is underway with the election concluding on September 10.

The depiction of a Jewish leader as a puppet-master is widely acknowledged as anti-Semitic imagery because of its relation to conspiracy theories about Jewish control of the political process or global economy. [Pols emphasis]

To wit:

Evidently, nobody screening ads at the Pueblo Chieftain knows history. At least that's the charitable explanation.