(Philadelphia) 'Inquirer' One of Few U.S. Papers to Publish 'Muhammad' Cartoon

Editor and Publisher ^ | 2/5/06 | Joe Strupp

[goodnesswins]

"Kathleen Carroll, AP executive editor, said the news cooperative has long withheld images it deemed offensive, such as photos and video of beheadings. "We have a very longstanding policy of not distributing material that is found to be offensive," she said, adding that the Inquirer was the only newspaper she knew of that had specifically requested the images from AP. "These images have not met that standard."

But Carroll also agreed with some other editors who said the cartoons did not add to the news coverage in a major way. "If people want to find them, they are easily found," she said.

Oh, reaaaallllyyyy.....I can think of MANY things that "did not add to the news coverage in a major way" which the AP has reported and provided in the past.....rather selective, I'd say.

[Luke21]

Freaking PC commie cowards.

[Brilliant]

Where is it?

[vbmoneyspender]

"They wouldn't meet our standards for what we publish in the paper," said Leonard Downie, Jr., executive editor of The Washington Post, which ran a front-page story on the issue Friday, but has not published the cartoons. "We have standards about language, religious sensitivity, racial sensitivity and general good taste."

These guys are just begging to be lexis-nexised and googled with regard to past pictures and cartoons they published concerning Christian religious figures.

[George - the Other]

"(Philadelphia) 'Inquirer' One of Few U.S. Papers to Publish 'Muhammad' Cartoon."

Good!!!

I also wonder if it's a insult to spell Mohammad's name wrong? (Mohammed / Mohamed / Monamad), as I've seen done.

Of course, the real insult would be to corrupt it to something with a Jewish flavour, i.e "Moe Ham Head" :)

[APRPEH]

BLUE RIBBON JOURNALISM AWARD FOR THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

[Brofholdonow]

Let's help this left-wing rag. Everybody make sure to e-mail every lunatic muslim "death to America" group and let them know that the Philadelphia Inquirer, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is showing these cartoons in hundreds of thousands of it's newspapers. I'm sure these lefties are fearless and won't be intimidated by threats of bombings, arson, and outright death.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Religious Press Release Distributor Publishes Controversial Muhammad Cartoon

Click for more Muhammad Political Cartoons

[mtbopfuyn]

I've yet to see it. Anyone know of a link?

I find Bubba's pictures offense, but he's headlining in newspapers every day.

[Duffboy]

Oh great....The NY Times prints our nations secrets, disparages our military, trashes our president but is too chicken to publish those "offending" cartoons re; Muslims.
I shudder to think how close to our highest office that boob Kerry came! He'd kiss Muslim asses just to show how much "we' are misunderstood.

[dirtboy]

"They wouldn't meet our standards for what we publish in the paper," said Leonard Downie, Jr., executive editor of The Washington Post, which ran a front-page story on the issue Friday, but has not published the cartoons. "We have standards about language, religious sensitivity, racial sensitivity and general good taste."

This from the paper that ran the Toles cartoon with the quadruple amputee.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

Hey, Amanda Bennett, The Inquirer's editor: watch yer back, lady. CAiR and the "muslim grievance-whores" will be calling, soon.

[abb]

"At USA Today, deputy foreign editor Jim Michaels offered a similar explanation. "At this point, I'm not sure there would be a point to it," he said about publishing the cartoons. "We have described them, but I am not sure running it would advance the story." Although he acknowledged that the cartoons have news value, he said the offensive nature overshadows that."

Anyone ever notice how similar Gannett's logo is to Islam's crescent mooon?

http://www.gannett.com/
http://islam.about.com/library/weekly/aa060401b.htm

[kjo]

The truth is that the liberal media is scared to death they'd get bombed. That's the simple truth.

[ncpatriot]

Yes, they're cowards.

[Lexington Green]

American Press = Islam's Bitch

[ops33]

Fox News showed the cartoons.

[LS]

This is the same mentality behind the notion that we cannot show any images of 9/11 because they are "too disturbing."

[MarMema]

"They wouldn't meet our standards for what we publish in the paper," said Leonard Downie, Jr., executive editor of The Washington Post

"They'll find out where I live and blow up my house"

"I'd rather not be beheaded this year on video"