[Source] Just when I thought the ugly fist of censorship at The John Birch Society had opened, it has clenched again.
On Tuesday, July 8, 2025, I was interviewed, by invitation, by Alex Newman of Liberty Sentinel Media, to discuss the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979. I had vetted this in a 2009 article for The New American, which you can read here.
I was assured by Alex’s Chief of Operations: “The interview will be posted at The New American‘s website and all over the internet. We will certainly get you a link.” I put a good deal of work into preparing for the interview, as I had not studied the Shah for many years.
However, a few days later, when I inquired of Alex’s Chief of Operations, I received the following reply:
Hi James,
Unfortunately, after reviewing the interview, the editorial team decided we would not be able to air it. While we recognize that there are evildoers all over the place in all sorts of disguises, fixation on “the Jews” was labeled by Robert Welch as a “tangent” that would make members ineffective in the battle against evil.
Thanks for your time, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
These comments were so incredibly absurd that it was hard to believe that anyone actually made them. Our interview precisely followed the format of the original article—exactly as Alex had wanted. To my recollection, I added only two things:
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