Balta1701 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 The independent newspaper "The New York Press" just had its entire editorial staff quit after the paper refused to publish some of those comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Feb 7, 2006 -> 06:51 PM) Way to keep yourself above the fray! You pick your frays, he'll pick his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controlled Chaos Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Go directly to the article for all the links in it. THE COWARDLY AMERICAN MEDIA By Michelle Malkin · February 02, 2006 08:03 PM Read this CNN report very carefully: The international storm over cartoon drawings of the Prophet Mohammad published in European media gathered pace across the Islamic world Thursday with angry demonstrations and the shutting down of the EU office in Gaza City. In Paris, the daily newspaper France Soir fired its managing editor after it republished the caricatures Wednesday, and in Pakistan protesters marched chanting "Death to Denmark" and "Death to France." Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying the cartoons -- one depicting the founder of Islam wearing a turban resembling a bomb --showed press freedom should have its limits. Muslims consider it sacrilegious to produce a likeness of the Prophet Mohammad. CNN has chosen to not show the cartoons in respect for Islam. Unbelievable. The news network reports on an international controversy, but refuses to show readers what the news is actually about and let them judge the cartoons for themselves. Even more galling is CNN's newfound respect for religion. Where was that deference when Ted Turner was calling Catholics "Jesus Freaks?" Where was the sensitivity about offensive religious imagery when Jeanne Moos was mocking images of Jesus Christ or Jonathan Mann was reporting on the Virgin Mary covered in dung? Why is it that American media, including CNN, have absolutely no qualms about splashing Kanye West-as-Christ all over the airwaves and Internet... ...but can't bring themselves to print the Forbidden Cartoons gallery (now available in thumbnail and full-size images over at Human Events Online, which is also running the photos with my column this week): Reader Jake G. e-mails that NBC Nightly News tonight also refused to show the cartoons: Just when I thought NBC might have had a moment of clarity (HA! Yeah, right!), I heard them tease a story on this for the Nightly News tonight. In the middle of the segment, the dropped the ball completely, refusing to show the cartoons! They made some weak statement about how they decided against airing the images out of respect for Muslims. This from the network that showed no respect for Christians when it forged ahead with the religion-mocking show, "The Book of Daniel." This from the network that plans to feature Britney Spears as the host of a fictional cooking segment called "Cruci-fixin's" in an upcoming "Will & Grace" epsiode: NBC announced this week that pop star Britney Spears would make a guest appearance on the gay-oriented sitcom [Will & Grace] as a Christian conservative hired as a talk show sidekick to the gay character Jack played by series regular Sean Hayes. In the episode, scheduled to air on April 13, Jack's fictional TV network is bought by a Christian broadcaster, leading Spears' character to do an Easter cooking segment on Jack's show called "Cruci-fixin's." The American Family Association immediately raised objections to the planned episode, saying it "mocks the crucifixion of Christ" and will "further denigrate Christianity" by airing the night before Good Friday. "Out of respect" for Islam and Muslims? No. Out of fear. *** Meanwhile, still no word from the MSM on how Islamists faked cartoons and attributed them to the Danes (noted here this a.m.) to inflame the Arab world. More on this from Lorenzo Vidino at The Counterterrorism Blog. 1015pm EST. The New York Times covers the story on the web tonight (for tomorrow's print edition), but has no room to link to or print the cartoons. Excellent commentary tonight from Dr. Sanity, who writes about the Highway to Hell: Just as the false promises of socialism and communism were found to lead to misery instead of happiness; poverty instead of wealth; enslavement instead of freedom--so too, have multiculturalism and political correctness, instead of harmony, brought lethal discord. There can be no backing down now; because to compromise on this would be disaster--in every way the beginning of the end of our own values, freedoms, and culture. Besides, it is compromise that has brought us to this unbelievable situation in the first place. The very first time we allowed the adherents of a medieval and primitive religion to believe that their feelings about that religion trump all the values of western civiliztion; the minute we began to apologize for our successes and make excuses--or even blame ourselves--for their failures; we were bound to come to this place... Wretchard at The Belmont Club also has trenchant analysis, as always, on the continuing cartoon crisis and its much, much larger repercussions. Go read. 1100pm EST. The top Technorati search is "jyllands-posten mohammed." Technorati tag: Buy Danish Judith Apter Klinghoffer: "Does the American MSM know the meaning of solidarity?" An excerpt: Danish cartoonists need 24 hour protection. Another bounty was put on them today. The Le Monde cartoonist responds by drawing a portrait of Muhammad is entirely made up of lines saying "I must not draw Muhammad." What do American cartoonist do? Well, The one working for the Washington Post draws the American army as a critically wounded soldier who lost both hands and legs. The Islamists could not have asked for anything more. Didn't Bin Laden and company assure them that one more push and the US will collapse just as the USSR did? The Danish PM Fogh was on arab television today, the interviewer asked him: "Please explain to us: why haven't you yet punished the newspapermen?" A second editor is fired. This time it is Jihad El Momeni, a Jordanian editor, who keeps alive the hope of moderate Islam. In an editorial accompanying the cartoons he asks: "What brings more prejudice against Islam, these caricatures or pictures of a hostage-taker slashing the throat of his victim in front of the cameras or a suicide bomber who blows himself up during a wedding ceremony in Amman?" Reader John S. reports that ABC's Nightline bucked the MSM trend and showed some of the cartoons: It was done very matter-of-factly. While Cynthia McFadden talked about the ruckus, video of the nutjob protests in Gaza was shown followed by the cartoons. The three most offensive ones were shown up close and described. More: The LA Times has an article on the forbidden cartoons, but not the forbidden cartoons themselves. Same deal at the Washington Post. Ditto Time magazine. The Dominion Post, a New Zealand paper, is set to run the artwork. 2/3/06 8am EST morning update. A reader reports: "The BBC News segment carried by the Albuquerque PBS affiliate KNME showed at least a few of the cartoons, including the bomb turban, as did the PBS News Hour." Fox News Channel's Brit Hume also aired some of the artwork. As did ABC News. Information just wants to be free. *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 News organizations choosing not to air something of their own volition is, in my opinion, freedom of the press. And airing the Book of Daniel, is not the same as airing something in the NBC Nightly News. For one thing, people watch the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Feb 8, 2006 -> 08:39 AM) News organizations choosing not to air something of their own volition is, in my opinion, freedom of the press. And airing the Book of Daniel, is not the same as airing something in the NBC Nightly News. For one thing, people watch the news. The reference to "The Book of Daniel" is showing the hypocrasy of the statement about respect for the religion. Pretty damn straight forward if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I'm sorry what part of the NBC Nightly News did "The Book of Daniel" air in again? The news and entertainment divisions of networks are run by different people with different outlooks, opinions and yes, even different agendas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Feb 8, 2006 -> 10:17 AM) I'm sorry what part of the NBC Nightly News did "The Book of Daniel" air in again? The news and entertainment divisions of networks are run by different people with different outlooks, opinions and yes, even different agendas. It's still aired on the network, regardless of which division. Hypocrasy reigns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 That's like saying we're all Cubs fans because there are Cubs fans on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Muslim leaders calling for calm and peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controlled Chaos Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 (edited) Edited February 8, 2006 by Controlled Chaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Condi Rice and I agree on something... http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/0...ests/index.html "Iran and Syria have gone out of their way to inflame sentiments and to use this to their own purposes, and the world ought to call them on it," she said at a joint news conference with Israel's foreign minister, Tzipi Livni. It must be love, this weekend, we're taking out the oil tanker together and we'll solve the Darfur crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mplssoxfan Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Feb 8, 2006 -> 07:06 PM) Condi Rice and I agree on something... http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/0...ests/index.html It must be love, this weekend, we're taking out the oil tanker together and we'll solve the Darfur crisis. But what about Bea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted February 9, 2006 Author Share Posted February 9, 2006 QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Feb 8, 2006 -> 08:39 AM) News organizations choosing not to air something of their own volition is, in my opinion, freedom of the press. And airing the Book of Daniel, is not the same as airing something in the NBC Nightly News. For one thing, people watch the news. Now its freedom of the press. Thats a total cop out if I ever heard one. Anti-Christian is a better way to look at it and Hypocrasy is the optimal word to use here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted February 9, 2006 Author Share Posted February 9, 2006 Rex. The f***ing New York Times ran a picture TODAY ( Thats February 8th 2006 ) in the arts section of their leftist rag of Mary, mother of Christ, covered in dung with pornographic images around her. f*** these hypocrites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Feb 8, 2006 -> 07:13 PM) Now its freedom of the press. Thats a total cop out if I ever heard one. Anti-Christian is a better way to look at it and Hypocrasy is the optimal word to use here. first key to socialist propaganda: it's not what stories the news covers, it's the ones the news ignores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Feb 8, 2006 -> 07:13 PM) Now its freedom of the press. Thats a total cop out if I ever heard one. Anti-Christian is a better way to look at it and Hypocrasy is the optimal word to use here. I think the hypocrisy is when the same Danish newspaper refused to print "offensive" Jesus cartoons. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060208/wl_nm/...HNlYwMlJVRPUCUl http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/st...1703501,00.html If you're going to pick on religions, do it for all of them, dammit. Doesn't justify the riots in any respect and those rioting are a bunch of asshats -- but it does paint the magazine that published the photos in a different light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted February 9, 2006 Author Share Posted February 9, 2006 QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Feb 8, 2006 -> 07:35 PM) I think the hypocrisy is when the same Danish newspaper refused to print "offensive" Jesus cartoons. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060208/wl_nm/...HNlYwMlJVRPUCUl http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/st...1703501,00.html If you're going to pick on religions, do it for all of them, dammit. Doesn't justify the riots in any respect and those rioting are a bunch of asshats -- but it does paint the magazine that published the photos in a different light. If thats all true then the Danish papers get to be painted with the same hypocrite brush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Feb 8, 2006 -> 07:38 PM) If thats all true then the Danish papers get to be painted with the same hypocrite brush. While we are painting, let's be sure and get the NY Times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 (edited) “Defending the prophet should continue worldwide,” Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, told the crowd. “Let (U.S. Secretary of State) Condoleezza Rice, (President) Bush and all the tyrants shut up: We are a nation that can’t forgive, be silent or ease up when they insult our prophet and our sacred values.” “Today, we are defending the dignity of our prophet with a word, a demonstration but let George Bush and the arrogant world know that if we have to ... we will defend our prophet with our blood, not our voices,” Nasrallah added. Its nice to see the crazy terrorists piping up about spilling more blood over f***ing cartoons. Maybe this is one of the reasons why we are doing our part is shrinking their money up and branding these fools terrorists. Its the crazy islamofacist clown convention. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan scolded the media on Thursday for continuing to publish the controversial cartoons and defended an attempt by Islamic nations to have a new U.N. human-rights council address religious defamation. And its nice to see Mr Oil for Food pipe up and scold the media instead of scolding the fools who are running around killing people over f***ing cartoons. Maybe he should scold Hezbolla, Iran, and Syria over this. Edited February 9, 2006 by southsideirish71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 02:13 PM) And its nice to see Mr Oil for Food pipe up and scold the media instead of scolding the fools who are running around killing people over f***ing cartoons. Maybe he should scold Hezbolla, Iran, and Syria over this. Syria has had surprisingly little to do with this in terms of the government thus far. Egypt (which btw gets a couple billion from us a year) has been VASTLY more important, along with our good friends in Saudi Arabia who we can't criticize because we like 4 wheel drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 04:19 PM) Syria has had surprisingly little to do with this in terms of the government thus far. Egypt (which btw gets a couple billion from us a year) has been VASTLY more important, along with our good friends in Saudi Arabia who we can't criticize because we like 4 wheel drive. Thanks for quoting Juan Cole, he is obviously an objective guy. Maybe I can quote Daniel Pipes. I am sure he is just as objective from the other point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 02:26 PM) Thanks for quoting Juan Cole, he is obviously an objective guy. Maybe I can quote Daniel Pipes. I am sure he is just as objective from the other point of view. Fine. Go repeat the searches he did and prove him wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Here is what the Iranians use as cartoons in their country. Its basically a cartoon that teaches their kids on how to be good little terrorists and perform suicide bombings in Israel. Classy at best. Iranian Saturday Morning cartoons Transcript of this lovely cartoon This was televised on IRIB 3 TV in Iran at 8am for the kiddies. I wonder why the concerned Muslim countries didnt b**** about this. Double standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 So when do the Eygptian embassies get torched? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 10, 2006 -> 09:43 AM) So when do the Eygptian embassies get torched? Haha, awesomeness. Great job by that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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