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CNN Won’t Show Cartoons of “The Prophet” When Held Up by Protesters
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On January 8, 2015 @ 10:34 am In The Point | 43 Comments
CNN has done this before and it remains almost as committed to censoring anything that offends Muslims as Al Qaeda.
[Senior CNN editorial director Richard] Griffiths’ email:
Although we are not at this time showing the Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the Prophet considered offensive by many Muslims, platforms are encouraged to verbally describe the cartoons in detail. This is key to understanding the nature of the attack on the magazine and the tension between free expression and respect for religion.
Video or stills of street protests showing Parisians holding up copies of the offensive cartoons, if shot wide, are also OK. Avoid close-ups of the cartoons that make them clearly legible.
It’s also OK to show most of the protest cartoons making the rounds online, though care should be taken to avoid examples that include within them detailed depictions of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons.
It remains important to highlight the fact that the American media has largely and preemptively surrendered to the Hebdo killers. CNN just leads the way in the self-censorship Jihad.
The best way to protest that would be to get a Hebdo cartoon into a CNN live shot.
But while CNN bends over backward to avoid offending Muslims, its on-air personality Jim Clancy went on a rant about Israel while discussing the cartoons.
And its editorial director doesn’t even refer to the Prophet Mohammed, but to The Prophet as if he too were Muslim.
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