That’s the question posed by my latest media analysis column for Rocky Mountain News. Also in today’s News, publisher John Temple suggests that fear of Islamist terrorists is a key reason why American newspapers aren’t publishing the cartoons. Editorial page editor Vincent Carroll has lambasted the New York Times for its refusal to print the cartoons. And the News in its formal editorial voice has taken perhaps the most uncompromising pro-free speech position of any major daily newspaper in the United States.
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