Back to Show
Amanpour & Co.
Masha Gessen Responds to Controversy Over Gaza Comments
Masha Gessen recently was awarded the prestigious Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought — in a scaled-back ceremony after a very public spat. The author and staff writer at The New Yorker faced backlash after comparing Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos in the essay "In the Shadow of the Holocaust." Gessen joined Michel Martin to discuss the difficulty of exercising critical thought.
Support Provided By
Season

Unlock with PBS Passport
55:44
Chris Murphy; Arwa Damon; Tanya Haj-Hassan; Tiya A. Miles

Unlock with PBS Passport
55:18
Alberto Gonzales; Idit Ohel; Justin Levitt

Unlock with PBS Passport
55:47
Thierry Arnaud; Nathalie Tocci; Dr. Sania Nishtar; Tina Fordham; Edward Fishman

Unlock with PBS Passport
55:47
Colum McCann; Graydon Carter

Unlock with PBS Passport
55:47
Vincent Warren; Michael Lewis; W. Kamau Bell; Jessica Chen Weiss

Unlock with PBS Passport
55:47
Chuck Hagel; Antonio Costa; Jason Stanley

Unlock with PBS Passport
55:47
Baiba Braže; Makena Kelly; Shaima Al-Obaidi; Clay Risen

Unlock with PBS Passport
55:47
Dara Massicot; Özgür Özel; Olivia Hill; Asako Gladsjo and Dr. Le’Shauna Phinazee

Unlock with PBS Passport
55:16
David Miliband; Omar El Akkad; Carrie Besnette Hauser

Unlock with PBS Passport
55:24
Maja Stojanovic; Stephen Graham; Nicholas Kristof

Unlock with PBS Passport
55:46
Celeste A. Wallander; Greg Swenson; John Green

Unlock with PBS Passport
55:29
Jeremy Diamond; Olga Cherevko; Oleksiy Goncharenko; Simon Harris; Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein