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Deja vu — Judith Apter Klinghoffer

Judith Apter Klinghoffer

PAPERS WORLDWIDE PUBLISH OFFENDING DANISH CARTOONS. AMERICAN MSM?

A reader suggested I challenge the American papers to publish the cartoons but I was skeptical that they ever will. I was listening to the BBC last night doing its best to convince the JP editors to admit that they would not have published the paper had they known the consequences. The editor replied that is like asking a rape victim if she would have worn a short skirt had she known the consequences. Good analogy.

In any case, this morning the editors and the Danes are feeling better. Major European Paper such as The Welt and France Soir have also published them. France Soir headline is "Yes, we have the right to caricature God." Under it a cartoon of Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and Christian gods floating on a cloud. The caption reads: "Don't complain, Muhammad, we've all been caricatured here."

I am informed that papers in Iceland, Finland, Italy and Mexico did the same. In Spain, ABC and the Catalan paper El Periodico also published the cartoons as did the Italian papers La Stampa and Il Corriere della Sera. In the Netherlands, the Volkskrank daily apparently had published them in November and will do so tomorrow.

Send me links to such publications, please. The media is beginning to understand that it has a dog in the fight for freedom. These ones are perfect: Cartoons in Czech MSMs:Aktuálně.cz (online only), Hospodářské noviny (economical daily) and Lidové noviny (published only in printed version)

Now how long will the American MSM remain behind? How long until it gets it?

Don't forget, Buy Danish!

Posted on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at 10:18 AM | Comments (13) | Return

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