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1. In Wake Of Charlie Hebdo Attack,
Some Media Self-Censor Cartoons
The Huffington Post | By Ryan Grenoble
Following a deadly terror attackWednesday morning on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a
satiricalFrench newspaper known for lampooning religion with caricature-based
cartoons, many outlets have censored their coverage of the publication's depictions of
the Prophet Muhammad.
The New York Daily News opted to obscure the front page of a Charlie Hebdo
publication in its coverage of the attack. It blurred a cartoon from a 2011 Getty photo of
Charlie Hebdo Editor Stéphane "Charb" Charbonnier, who was among those killed in
Wednesday's attack. The Daily News did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
The Telegraph took a similar approach and blurred the cover of a Charlie Hebdo paper
in its live blog, then ultimately removed the image entirely, reports Politico.
The photo in question, with blurred cover:A second photo on The Telegraph, in which
Charbonnier poses with an edition of Charlie Hebdo, is tightly cropped:
CNN has also chosen not to show any Charlie Hebdo cartoons that could offend
Muslims. In a memo sent to staff Wednesday afternoon, CNN senior editorial director
Richard Griffiths encouraged reporters to instead "verbally describe the cartoons in
detail," a separate Politico report notes.
"This is key to understanding the nature of the attackon the magazine and the tension
between free expression and respect for religion," Griffiths wrote, explaining the
network's decision.
A wire image of Stephane Charbonnier released by the Associated Press also does not
include the Charlie Hebdo cover. A spokesman for the AP told The Huffington Post the
move in line with the organization's "longstanding policy that we do not move
deliberately provocative images on the wire."
On the opposite end of the spectrum, some outlets published multiple images in their
entirety. The Daily Beast compiled a gallery of the "16 Most Shocking Hebdo
Covers"with similar coverage on The Huffington Post.
In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Tim Wolff, the editor of Titanic (a German
publication known for publishing controversial content similar to Charlie Hebdo),
stated the publicationintended to continue producing satire, going so far as to call it "a
human right."

2. "If these attacks are the work of Islamists, then it makes satire even more relevant,"
Wolff said of Wednesday's shootings. "Following such attacks, there should be more
satire, and this will be the case for our magazine as well."
Michael Calderone contributed to this report.
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