Me#1You#10
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 Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: CNN: "Newspapers reprint Prophet Mohammed cartoon" |
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...however CNN apparently won't.
Every media entity that wears "freedom of speech" on their editorial sleeves should follow suit. Don't count on it though...
| Quote: | Newspapers reprint Prophet Mohammed cartoon
(CNN) -- Newspapers across Europe Wednesday reprinted the controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed that sparked worldwide protests two years ago.
The cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed provoked widespread outrage in the Muslim world two years ago.
The move came one day after Danish authorities arrested three people allegedly plotting a "terror-related assassination" of Kurt Westergaard, the cartoonist behind the drawing.
Berlingske Tidende, was one of the newspapers involved in the republication by newspapers in Denmark. It said: "We are doing this to document what is at stake in this case, and to unambiguously back and support the freedom of speech that we as a newspaper always will defend," in comments reported by The Associated Press.
Newspapers in Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands also republished the drawing Wednesday as part of their coverage of Tuesday's arrests.
CNN - cont'd |
HT: Obiter Dictum |
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