Ted Cruz Spreads Antisemitic Trope that Jews "Own the Media"

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) tweeted “it’s almost like he owns the media” in response to a journalist Yashar Ali’s important point that Bloomberg News’s favorable coverage of Michael Bloomberg’s campaign was troubling.

“Jews own the media” is an antisemitic trope. It is true that Bloomberg owns his own media company, and that that company is covering him favorably — this is the point Ali made. It is not true that Bloomberg owns all media companies. That suggestion, made by Senator Cruz, is antisemitic.

When criticized by Congressman Andy Levin (D-MI) for the tweet, Senator Cruz responded by accusing Rep. Levin, who is Jewish, of not doing enough to fight antisemitism.