Posted on 01/14/2015 3:04:56 PM PST by SeekAndFind
While several major news outlets in the United States have resisted showing the Muhammed-depicting cover of Charlie Hebdo‘s first issue following last week’s massacre, it appears as though their squeamishness is not nearly as severe as that of media in the United Kingdom.
Hebdo writer Caroline Fourest appeared Wednesday evening on SkyNews to tout her magazine’s hot-selling post-attack issue, with cover art showing Muhammed holding up a “Je Suis Charlie” sign and a caption reading “All Is Forgiven.”
“I’m very sad, very sad that journalists in UK do not support us, that journalists in UK betray what journalism is about by thinking that people cannot be grown enough to decide if a drawing is offending or not,” she said to the hosts of SkyNews Tonight via satellite. “Because you are not even showing it.”
The camera then panned out as Fourest reached for a copy of the magazine and continued: “It is completely crazy that in UK you cannot show a simple drawing as that.” At this point, she was holding the Muhammed artwork in full view of the camera, before the photographer panned upwards and then SkyNews immediately returned back to studio.
The anchor then explained the decision to cut away: “We at SkyNews have chosen not to show that cover, so we’d appreciate it, Caroline, not showing that.”
“I do apologize,” the anchor continued, “for any of our viewers who may have been offended by that.”
Watch below, via SkyNews:
It’s kind of amusing to watch the liberal media twist themselves into knots over some stupid cartoons. The terrorists have won! They’ve succeeded in terrifying the very pillars of western liberty. This would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
England is more PC than we are! Or? Has anyone on our tv shown the whole cover?
The Muslims will take advantage of Their Win
Apparently muslims think Mohammed actually looks like this. Otherwise how would they know it’s him?
I want stickers.
I am sure a lot of Infidels like myself are offended by your not showing it. -Tom
RE: Apparently muslims think Mohammed actually looks like this. Otherwise how would they know it’s him?
If no one told me who it was, I’d simply assume it was some nameless dude from the Middle East.
The Five on FNC showed it for several seconds two separate times on yesterday's show.
Yes it is more PC than we are by a good degree but it depends of course who you insult. People are routinely imprisoned for “hate speech” in the UK. We are headed the same way since people are now imprisoned for Youtube videos and are having their businesses and livelihoods threatened for offending lgbt. It seems that the two groups if insulted are most likely to get you killed, imprisoned, or fired are Muslims and LGBT.
These are Murdoch’s cowards.
Those journalists are pu$$ies.
I watched PBS news hour late last night. They said something like, “News outlets have decided whether or not to publish this cartoon. We chose not to.”
Oh surprise surprise….take away their funding, please.
Those who shall remain unnamed need to report to re-education camps so they can learn about kindness, compassion and forgiveness.
I was thinking the same thing. It must be hard to be a liberal when it requires you to believe two contradictory narratives at the same time.
In the process they have completely outed themselves as the TRUE islamophobes.
They either have an irrational fear of offending Muslims who are peaceful they tell us. Or they believe that Muslims are naturally violent and should not be provoked.
Well which is it?
Seriously, I would never have equated that cartoon with the hamHead. How do they know?
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