This Is Not a Parody
Levitt was on The Colbert Report last night, and did great. What follows sounds like it comes from The Colbert Report or The Daily Show but, unfortunately, comes from a N.Y. Times report by Nazila Fathi, “Iran Invites Scholars to Assess Holocaust as History or Fiction”:
The Iranian authorities, who have frequently accused the Jews of distorting history to legitimize Israel, announced plans on Tuesday for an international conference on the Holocaust. …
Beyond questioning the Holocaust, [Iranian president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad has said the Jews have used it as a propaganda tool to promote Israel’s interests. Since several European countries make Holocaust denial a crime, he says scholars there are not free to do honest research on the subject. …
The conference does not mean that Iran “denies the crimes of Hitler,” [said Deputy Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mohammadi]. “Since we are not accused and responsible for the Holocaust, we are an impartial judge.” …
Mr. Mohammadi dismissed the notion that the seminar could promote anti-Semitism, saying anti-Semitism was a Western phenomenon. The proof for that, he said, was Iran’s community of 25,000 Jews.
Just two days ago, the Times reported about the departure of Ben Karlin, executive producer of both The Colbert Report and The Daily Show. Perhaps they should consider replacing him with Mr. Mohammadi or Mr. Ahmadinejad.
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