Oliver Stone: Jewish control of the media is preventing free
Holocaust debate
Outspoken Hollywood director says new film
aims
to put Adolf Hitler, who he has called an 'easy scapegoat' in the past,
in his due historical context.
By
Haaretz Service
Jewish control of the media is preventing an
open discussion of the Holocaust, prominent Hollywood director Oliver
Stone told the Sunday Times, adding that the U.S. Jewish lobby was
controlling Washington's foreign policy for years.
In the Sunday interview, Stone reportedly said U.S. public opinion
was focused on the Holocaust as a result of the "Jewish domination of
the media," adding that an upcoming film of him aims to put Adolf Hitler
and Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin "in context."
"There's a major lobby in the United States," Stone said, adding that
"they are hard workers. They stay on top of every comment, the most
powerful lobby in Washington."
The famed Hollywood director of such films as Platoon and JFK, also
said that while "Hitler was a Frankenstein, " there was also a "Dr
Frankenstein. "
"German industrialists, the Americans and the British. He had a lot
of support," Stone told the Sunday Times, adding that "Hitler did far
more damage to the Russians than the Jewish people, 25 or 30 [million
killed]."
Referring to the alleged influence of the powerful Jewish lobby on
U.S. foreign policy, Stone said that Israel had distorted "United States
foreign policy for years," adding he felt U.S. policy toward Iran was
"horrible."
"Iran isn't necessarily the good guy," Stone said, insisting that Americans did
not "know the full story."
Stone's comments to the Sunday times echo previous remarks by the
Hollywood director, regarding what he perceives as the distorted view of
figures such as Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin in U.S. media.
Earlier this year, Stone, speaking at the at the Television Critics
Association' s semi-annual press tour in Pasadena said that "Hitler is an
easy scapegoat throughout history and it's been used cheaply."
"He's the product of a series of actions. It's cause and effect ...
People in America don't know the connection between World War I and
World War II, Stone said adding that through his documentary work he has
been able to "walk in Stalin's shoes and Hitler's shoes to understand
their point of view."
"We're going to educate our minds and liberalize them and broaden
them. We want to move beyond opinions ... Go into the funding of the
Nazi party. How many American corporations were involved, from GM
through IBM. Hitler is just a man who could have easily been
assassinated, " Stone said.
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