David Frum
Role at the time: Staff writer at The Atlantic and host of The David Frum Show
Responding to
El-Sayed's cycle-of-violence framing rationalized the antisemitic attack or improperly shifted explanatory responsibility toward Israel and Jews.
"Good start. But then ... So that's not so good."
Why we used this label
His response combines explicit credit for the opening condemnation with a negative assessment of what followed.