DigitalDrifter
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Okay, I get the idea that there's no point in rubbing it in, but why not at least show the cover with a qualifier saying that the staff and management do not neccessarily agree with the content ?
Charlie Hebdo Editor Criticizes U.S. Media for Refusing to Show Cover - Yahoo News
As newspaper Charlie Hebdo prints a record 7 million print run, editor-in-chief Gerard Biard is slamming U.S. media for refusing to show the cover of the latest issue, in an interview with NBC News.
"This cartoon is not just a little figure. It's a symbol. It's the symbol of freedom of speech, of freedom of religion, of democracy and secularism," he told Meet the Press host Chuck Toddon Sunday. "When they refuse to publish this cartoon, when they blur it out, when they decline to publish it, they blur out democracy.
Several American news organizations — including channels ABC, CNN, and NBC along with the Associated Press, The New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter — have not shown what has been billed the "survivors' issue" cover featuring a cartoon drawing of Islam's Muhammad. CBS News, meanwhile, did show the cover image during broadcasting on multiple platforms.
Some publishers have also restricted publication in some parts of the world. The Economist published the picture in its U.S., U.K. and European editions, but the space was left blank in the edition printed in Singapore, adding a note directing readers to a web page where they could view the cover if they wished.
"We do not kill anyone," Biard said. "We must stop conflating the murderers and the victims. We must stop declaring that those who write and draw are provocateurs, that they are throwing gas on the fire. We must not place thinkers and artists in the same category as murders."
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Charlie Hebdo Editor Criticizes U.S. Media for Refusing to Show Cover - Yahoo News
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