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  • News Organizations Won't Show Charlie Hebdo Cartoons

    01/08/2015 10:27:39 AM PST · by Maelstorm · 25 replies
    http://www.newsmax.com ^ | Thursday, 08 Jan 2015 09:41 AM | By Sandy Fitzgerald
    CNN, along with other national and world news organizations are not running detailed images of cartoons from the Charlie Hebdo magazine in their coverage of the terrorist massacre at the small weekly French publication, with some editors questioning whether it is worth jeopardizing the safety of their staffs to print the images deemed offensive to Muslims. CNN Senior Editorial Director Richard Griffiths, in a memo to staff members on Wednesday, said the network's platforms are encouraged to describe the cartoons verbally, but not show them, saying it is "key to understanding the nature of the attack on the magazine and...
  • Mark Steyn To Western Media: "Man Up" (Short Title)

    01/08/2015 10:20:21 AM PST · by Biggirl · 18 replies
    The Daily Caller ^ | January 8, 2015 | Al Weaver
    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.