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February 6, 2006
Cartoonists on the Mohammed Cartoon Controversy
As the long-simmering protest over depictions of the Prophet Mohammed by a dozen Danish cartoonists boiled over into violence and death last week, the western media grappled over what position to take, and whether to reprint the offending cartoons. Several cartoonists wrote about the situation, even as it spiraled out of control:
Signe Wilkinson, of the Philadelphia Daily News, looks at both side of the
issue:
www.beliefnet.com/story/184/story_18483_1.html
(There is an additional story about her column at Editor and Publisher:
www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001957787)
Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher looks at the damned-if-you-do-damned-if-don't
life of the editorial cartoonist:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2006/02/03/GR2006020302245.html
Canadian cartoonist Brian Gable looks at the "Freedom to Offend":
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060203.wcomment0203/BNStory/International/home
And Daryl Cagle has been doing daily updates on the latest news from around
the world:
www.cagle.com/news/blog/
Meanwhile, the cartoonists who originally drew the cartoons asked they stop
being reprinted:
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C3-2024306%2C00.html
... while the media in North America debate whether to run the cartoons or
not:
www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/13792648.htm
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1577884
And finally, in case you hadn't heard, the Bush State Dept. decides to back
the protesters:
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