When Victims Rule (pdf)

JEWISH INFLUENCE IN THE MASS MEDIA (PT. 1)
“If Jewish leaders can complain of black anti-Semitism,” said LeGrand
Clegg, city attorney of the city of Compton and chairman of the Coalition
Against Black Exploitation, “our leaders should certainly raise the issue of the
century-old problem of Jewish racism in Hollywood.” Marla Gibbs, a film producer
and actress on the NBC series “227,” added that “criminal behavior is being
imitated by our children because it is being glorified on the screen ... The
Jewish system in Hollywood was not set up for us.” [FOX, D., 6-11-90, p. B1]
In 2000, the African-American newspaper The Los Angeles Sentinel noted
the following story:
“Jerome Metcalf, a black writer and entrepreneur has filed [a lawsuit]
recently against [Jewish] CBS television producer Steven Bochco for allegedly
stealing the story idea that led to the creation of ‘City of Angels’
... The material was submitted to Bochco and CBS and according to
Metcalf, both passed on the project. However, after viewing the pilot episode
of the ‘City of Angels’ Metcalf said he and his wife were ‘shocked
and devastated to see their works, dramatic expressions, literary expressions,
ideas, treatment, scripts and property had been stolen’ ... The
most interesting if not revealing truth surrounding the lawsuit is the fact
that Bochco’s attorney, Edward A. Rottenberg, contacted [Metcalf’s attorney
Michael] Lotta recently with a settlement offer. Lotta deemed the
settlement inadequate and turned it down ... A hypocritical truth, would
the court find Metcalf’s allegations valid, is that Bochco and the president
of CBS Entertainment Leslie Moonves [also Jewish] hosted a
screening of the ‘City of Angels’ at the Magic Johnson Theater Complex
in South Los Angeles prior to the series debut. Metcalf said he was particularly
insulted that Moonves, in front of invited guests, many of them
black community leaders, praised Bochco as the creator of the first black
medical drama for prime television.” [WILLIAMS, S., 12-27-00, p. A3]
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