CNN’s Double Standards
While the whole “Mohamed cartoons” controversy was going on CNN was publishing this excuse for not publishing them:
CNN is not showing the negative caricatures of the likeness of the Prophet Mohammed because the network believes its role is to cover the events surrounding the publication of the cartoons while not unnecessarily adding fuel to the controversy itself.
But one some artist makes a mocking sculpture of Jesus out of chocolate that ticks off Catholics (and other Christians, I’m sure) they aren’t so concerned about sensitivity:
Now my criticism of CNN isn’t meant to imply that they shouldn’t be publishing pictures of this chocolate Jesus thing. I’m just wondering why these journalists (because it isn’t just CNN) are ok with offending Christians, but not ok with offending Muslims?
To answer my own rhetorical question, I think there are two reasons.
First, Catholics and Christians in general aren’t known for sawing the heads off reporters (see: Daniel Pearl) who write stories they don’t like.
Second, it’s selective liberal multiculturalism at work. It’s ok to offend Christians because Christians aren’t a protected class. They haven’t been selected as victims by the left. Muslims have been, thus they cannot be offended. This is the same line of thinking that allows black comedians to make jokes at the expense of whites when the reverse would have the comedian castigated as a racist.
Now, I know many of you probably don’t see this chocolate Jesus/Mohamed cartoons double standard as being all that important. But it is, really. Remember that it’s these same reporters who, when it comes to sparring with the Bush administration, paint themselves as fearless truth-tellers who risk the wrath of powerful politicians to bring us the news. They bristle at any attempt to rein in their sometimes irresponsible reporting as being attempts to intimidate them and infringe upon their first amendment rights. Yet it’s these same “truth tellers” who bend to the wishes of murderous, extremist nuts in all sorts of little ways.
Like not printing the Mohamed cartoons. Or not using the word “terrorist” when reporting on actual terrorists. Or refusing to directly report the nationalities of the people responsible for some terrorist attacks. Or whitewashing the terrorists themselves by not putting the monstrosities committed by them in the proper context they deserve.
It happens every day for just the reasons I laid out.
It’s because these reporters are scared, and because they’re so blinded by their liberal faith that they can’t bring themselves to look past their myopic multiculturalism to the truth of the deadly cultural battle we are currently engaged in. Tags: Media, Politics, War On Terror
