Dear Mr. Wilcox,
I write this to you regarding your unprofessional and inappropriate actions as a BBC journalist at the Paris Rally. The other day I was sitting in a meeting with 3 African-American women. When they commented on how they appreciated the respect I was showing them and that they felt that people of color are not always treated with the necessary respect, I responded with a theory I have maintained for quite some time. I said that no matter what a person says, when you are any type of minority, you know who has a problem with you based on what you are as opposed to who you are. I spoke of the fact that 2 people can say the exact same thing to me, and I can feel who is the anti-Semite and who is not the anti-Semite. It is with this in mind that I say that regardless of your veiled attempt at merely playing devil’s advocate, we know that the words in your interview come down to the fact that you just don’t like Jews.
Why else would you pick this time Mr. Wilcox, a time when the Jewish people are in pain, when all people of decency are in pain, to make this argument in such a public forum? Is it because your own career is more important to you than the 12 murdered artists from Charlie Hebdo? Is it because the 4 murdered people in the Kosher supermarket have no importance to you? Personally I am guessing both of those statements are accurate. Why else would you pick yesterday to make this sort of statement?
Whether you understand what you did wrong or not, it is important that you hear this from as many people as possible. On a day when the French people were in mourning, when Jewish people worldwide were saddened, frightened and angered, to inappropriately use this moment to express a political commentary supposedly through a leading question was nothing short of despicable.
I could go into a long essay as to why your question wasn’t even based in accurate fact, but to be quite frank Mr. Wilcox, that is not the most important point here. It is often said that the reporter should never become the story. By using this platform to show the world your bias against Israel you became the story. Your lack of professionalism and clear anti-Semitism is a disgrace to journalism.
Before I end this letter I wish to make one very ironic point regarding your inappropriate question and clear anti-Israel sentiment. Had you committed the same unprofessional act of self-serving bigotry against an even somewhat radical Muslim nation, your life would very likely have been in danger today. After all, don’t forget why you were in Paris in the first place. Instead you inaccurately went after Israel, a nation where people are allowed to criticize without threat of death or physical harm.
You may be enjoying the notoriety you are receiving today, but in the end the cream always rises to the top, and therefore I am fairly convinced this will do little to benefit your career. To be quite honest, that is my hope.
Sincerely,
David Groen
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