The Washington Post today commends Middle Eastern newspapers for
“bravely” republishing the offending Muhammad cartoons, yet chides
European newspaper for doing the same in journalistic solidarity.
(The Post still hasn’t published the
cartoons for its readers, as a letter writer points out — fortunately, there’s the
Internet.) The Post’s reasoning is a bit silly: the freedom of the
press isn’t threatened in Europe, so newspapers should restrict
themselves. Further, the Danish prime minister should have met with
Muslim ambassadors to defuse the controversy, when he has no
control over these free newspapers. In other words, by the
Post’s understanding of freedom of the
press, freedom isn’t free.
sidneae | 12.10.09 @ 7:42PM
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