Cathy Young vs. Eric Alterman, Round 3

Not exactly the Thrilla in Manila, but the brouhaha betwixt Eric Alterman and Reason's own Cathy Young, in which charges of Jewish self-hatred and not-quite-anti-semitism flew with the power of Frazier and Ali body blows, continues. For rounds 1 and 2, go here and here.

And now Alterman writes me:

Since you published Cathy Young's stupid and slanderous article about me, perhaps you would also like to publish the views of the Globe's ombudman as well as three of the many letters it received in reaction to the piece.

Well, I'll let readers find whatever letters they want to. Here's what the Boston Globe's ombudsman had to say.

And here's Alterman's bit on his Altercation blog at MSNBC.

For the record, I think the Globe is dead wrong to suggest that Cathy Young's col "was not up to op-ed page standards" and that it was negatively "blog-like in its narrow, personal focus—not worthy of an opinion page where readers expect (and usually get) thoughtful analysis and insight." Young's col, which we were glad to reprint here, is absolutely thoughtful and insightful, and so were her responses to the perpetually aggrieved Alterman.