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seabeyond

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14. further, this magazine was hardly seen. and now they have the world stage and circulation
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 12:19 PM
Jan 2015

making a hauling with others death.

people did not buy it for a reason. and the reason they buy it now, is not the content.

Um, no. Freedom of speech and of the press protects MSMBC's decision to blur it. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #1
Blurring that image = cowardice Ferd Berfel Jan 2015 #2
we have american sniper to get our hate on muslims.... seabeyond Jan 2015 #3
People and newspapers have the right HappyMe Jan 2015 #4
They do the same thing with images of corpses and mayhem. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #7
False equivalent Ferd Berfel Jan 2015 #22
i agree. there is not black and white... about this issue. i appreciate people that seabeyond Jan 2015 #5
Thank you. And the editor is a fool, in this case. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #6
i agree. i have found the hypocrisy consistent in the arguments. this approach seabeyond Jan 2015 #8
You do have a good point there. HappyMe Jan 2015 #9
agree ND-Dem Jan 2015 #24
that's what americans are always told; there's freedom of the press, but the press is under ND-Dem Jan 2015 #23
It's like the people who kissed the Nazis' asses in the vain hope that they wouldn't kill them. chrisa Jan 2015 #10
Or, it's like "we WILL report this, but we are NOT going to help you by showing your cartoon" NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #11
Just as the editor of CH doesn't want to be told HappyMe Jan 2015 #12
Democracy? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jan 2015 #13
further, this magazine was hardly seen. and now they have the world stage and circulation seabeyond Jan 2015 #14
Anyone know the names of those who were killed? Probably not. randome Jan 2015 #15
Political correctness is the antithesis of free speech. Waiting For Everyman Jan 2015 #16
More a matter of demonstrating good taste, sensitivity, neutrality. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #17
It could be Waiting For Everyman Jan 2015 #18
Would you suggest that by law they be REQUIRED not to blur the image, then? NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #20
Of course not, coercion is undemocratic, either way. Waiting For Everyman Jan 2015 #21
He is saying the US media doesn't have the right to their views. Kablooie Jan 2015 #19
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