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Originally Posted by Psycho Dad
But couldn't the media's reluctance to publish what many see as a newsworthy item (the pictures all this comotion is about) be seen by some as self-censoring? Certainly publishing the pictures in a manner to incite uproar is wrong, but a fear to publish them due to a political backlash is a problem to.
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I think that its more that they don't want to be perceived as offending their Muslim viewers/readers. Why would you purposefully offend one of your demographics, especially if you're the mainstream media? There's footage out there of American soldiers with limbs blown off in the middle of street battles in Iraq, but the media doesn't show that because they don't want to offend the supporters of the war or people with good taste (although those two are not mutually exclusive). They don't show it because it would cause a backlash and be bad for business. The same thing applies in the cartoon situation. Why antagonize people purposefully if it could easily come back to bite you in the ass? They get to take the high road and look good to everyone.