Posted on 01/08/2015 10:27:39 AM PST by Maelstorm
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 the tension between free expression and respect for religion," reports Politico.
Video shots or stills of protests that show "Parisians holding up copies of the offensive cartoons, if shot wide, are also OK," Griffiths said, instructing news crews to "avoid close-ups of the cartoons that make them clearly legible."
And protest cartoons can be shown, but not those that include "detailed depictions of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons," Griffith's memo said.
CNN isn't the only news organization that has decided not to use the cartoons. NBC, The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, and The Telegraph in London are among just some of the outlets that have said they will not use the cartoons that are said to have prompted terrorists to murder Charlie Hebdo staff and editors in Paris on Wednesday.
Many of the publications are opting to either blur or crop out photos of the covers, reports Politico.
But others, such as BuzzFeed and The Huffington Post, have decided to run the cartoons, with The Huffington Post titling its post “These Are The Charlie Hebdo Cartoons That Terrorists Thought Were Worth Killing Over.”
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CNN is a propaganda organization
Even worse, the NYT declares that it does not, by policy, publish material which would provoke those of religious belief.
How do they say this with a straight face?
Wasn’t it once a democrat that once told Americans, “We Have Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself!” The new democrats are wimps and probably don’t even know whom to attribute the quote to! Low Information, yes, Low Information, indeed!
Looks like CNN is doing just fine! “Fox News dominates ratings again, CNN lowest ratings ever, MSNBC mulls changes to fix ratings”
The message they are sending is if you threaten and kill us then we will give you nice coverage. This kind of behavior emboldens killers and places more people at risk.
Cowards!
Yeah except Christians, Conservatives, Republicans, those who believe in Traditional Marriage, Pro Lifers, etc. They are just cowardly hypocrites.
The terrorist murderers win. Pathetic.
Yeah :-)
Yeah thats it exactly but then again these news orgs really think that the people in this forum are more dangerous for their beliefs. This is especially disgusting taken in the light of how many of these organizations purposely slander the Tea Party, Christians, and Conservatives.
Thanks for the clarification!
the tribe with the most babies wins.....
Cowards gotta be Cowards.
I’m surprised they showed the Pictures of Trig Palin standing on his Dog.
Imagine all the copy cat’s inspired by those Photos standing on their own Dog’s? Oh the Humanity.
I'm sure if Charlie Hebdo had printed a picture of the Koran in a jar of urine, they'd have no problem re-printing it.
Clenched fist.
I’ll say this for the Bolsheviks. If they decide to go hard core — they do it.
Fruit and Nuts!
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