FILE: JOHN CUSACK APOLOGIZES FOR ANTI-SEMITIC TWEET
--SUPERS--\nFile\n\n --LEAD IN--\nJOHN CUSACK MAY NEED TO BREAK OUT THE BOOMBOX FOR THIS APOLOGY.\n --VO SCRIPT--\nTHE ACTOR RECENTLY RETWEETED AN ANTI-SEMITIC MEME --- DRAWING CRITICISM ONLINE.\nTHE IMAGE DEPICTED A HAND, STAMPED WITH THE STAR OF DAVID, PUSHING DOWN A GROUP OF PEOPLE. \nIT INCLUDED THE QUOTE, "TO LEARN WHO RULES OVER YOU, SIMPLY FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CRITICIZE" -- WHICH THE BBC AND TWITTER USERS HAVE POINTED OUT IS MISATTRIBUTED TO VOLTAIRE, BUT IS ACTUALLY FROM A WHITE NATIONALIST.\nCUSACK CAPTIONED IT: "FOLLOW THE MONEY."\nHE INITIALLY BRUSHED OFF THE PUSH BACK -- SAYING HE MISTOOK IT FOR A "BOT" ACCOUNT ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHTS OF PALESTINIANS. \nHE LATER OFFERED AN APOLOGY SAYING THE IMAGE WAS INSENSITIVE AND OFFENSIVE --- AND THAT IS DOESN'T REPRESENT HIS VIEWS IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM. \n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nENTERTAINMENT TWITTER SOCIAL MEDIA JEWISH RELIGION \n