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Originally Posted by Charlatan
How does choosing *not* to show these images squash freedom of the press. The press continues to have every right to show them. Nobody has removed that right from them. They have chosen *not* to show the images.
To use the old saw: you don't shout fire in a movie theatre when there isn't a fire. It amounts to reckless mischief.
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Well of course the media doesn't have to show the cartoons, but clearly now that it's a major news story I think it's irresponsible journalism to not show the source of the controversy to allow people to make their own judgement, especially considering how tame some of the cartoons are. The one of the artist sheilding his drawing is actually quite interesting and thought-provoking. "Stop stop we ran out of virgins" that's hilarious. The media is enabling the freedom of speech to be squashed by succumbing to threats of violence.