Mark Steyn To Western Media: "Man Up" (Short Title)

The Daily Caller ^ | January 8, 2015 | Al Weaver

[Biggirl]

Free speech proponent Mark Steyn scolded Western media on “The Kelly File” for being all bark and no bite in support of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo following a brutal terrorist attack Wednesday that left 12 dead.Steyn told Megyn Kelly the Western media needs to “man up” and not “retreat even further into self-censorship” in the aftermath of the massacre in Paris.

[Biggirl]

Long Title:

"Mark Steyn To Western Media: "Man Up" Before You ‘Retreat Even Further Into Self-Censorship’ [VIDEO]"

[TigerClaws]

That was an excellent segment last night.

[Sherman Logan]

I hope Mark has posted all available cartoons on his own website.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Wish I had seen it. I like Steyn.

[MeshugeMikey]

La croisade de PARODIE sera pas réduit au silence

[Sherman Logan]

Just checked. He’s got at least some of them up.

The Hebdo cartoons, to my eyes at least, are neither funny nor particularly offensive. Though I don’t read French.

[AU72]

I don't get what the French find funny.
Like Jerry Lewis.

[gaijin]

Later

[Travis McGee]

[UB355]

http://video.foxnews.com/v/3976684425001/mark-steyn-charlie-hebdo-cartoonists-were-brave/?#sp=show-clips

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

They won’t “like” the strong horse. They will perhaps bow to the strong horse out of fear. Big difference.

[Dr. Sivana]

Like Jerry Lewis.

People say that, but he was a celebrity here as well. Besides being a perfect maniac at will, there was the great effort he made year after year in the Muscular Dystrophy telethons.

He's a talented comedian and a good actor.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Thanks!

[stephenjohnbanker]

I say sadly..

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Love Steyn but I disagree with him on this. It does not matter whether they chooses to print the cartoons or not. It matters that they not be murdered for their choice.

Self-censorship is freedom. I guess his charge is that they do not freely choose but that they are coerced. Seems to me that coercing them with the “chicken” charge is not exactly freedom loving either.

The target of criticism should be the murderers and their cohorts. Leave people alone to print or not to print whatever they want.

[Rummyfan]

MFLR.

[greene66]

It’s not just the Western media that needs to “man up.” It’s Western Civilization as a whole.

[TurboZamboni]

IIRC, the only ‘hard copy’ US paper to print the cartoons is the WSJ.

[Servant of the Cross]

Steyn was passionate and magnificent. He scored a direct hit on the media and the enabling 0bama administration.