US columnist slams Kelner
Posted by
Martin Stabe
on 9 February 2006 at 10:48
Tags: Independent, International, Muhammad cartoons
A US newspaper columnist has singled out Independent editor Simon Kelner in a column attacking American and British newspapers’ “spineless” decision not to run the controvertial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Froma Harrop of the Providence Journal wrote:
… The editor at The Independent gave as his singularly lame excuse that it was not a “good” cartoon. This is the same newspaper that portrayed a naked Ariel Sharon eating a Palestinian baby. The Independent’s cartoon judgment is clearly based not on what offends an audience, but on which audience it is afraid of.
A roundup of some of history’s most controvertial political cartoons, including Dave Brown’s Sharon-eating-baby image from the Indy, can be found in this week’s Press Gazette. It will be online later today.
