‘Philadelphia Inquirer’ breaks ranks to publish ‘Muhammad’ Cartoon
Posted by
Ian Reeves
on 6 February 2006 at 11:02
Tags: Newspapers
The Philadelphia Inquirer was one of the only major US newspapers to publish the controversial cartoons that have lead to Muslim protests across Europe and the Middle East.
According to US online magazine Editor and Publisher, almost all other papers have run the story but not the cartoon itself. “This is the kind of work that newspapers are in business to do,” Inquirer editor Amanda Bennett told the Associated Press. “We’re running this in order to give people a perspective of what the controversy’s about, not to titillate, and we have done that with a whole wide range of images throughout our history…You run it because there’s a news reason to run it.”
Others to disagree include Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie Jr, who said: “We have standards about language, religious sensitivity, racial sensitivity and general good taste.”
Tags: Newspapers
