Comments on: Sky News Has a Panic Attack Over Charlie Hebdo Cartoon

By: The Grenfell Effigy Joke Video Is Sick. So is A Society That Arrests People For It | Godless Spellchecker's Blog

Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:12:13 +0000

[…] a move reminiscent of their policy on the Charlie Hebdo cartoons, Sky News announced it had “made the decision not to show the video” in its Tuesday morning […]

By: Ep#74 – Caroline Fourest – Charlie Hebdo | Godless Spellchecker's Blog

Wed, 06 Jan 2016 19:34:44 +0000

[…] She helps clear up some of the smears and myths surrounding Charlie Hebdo and we talk about ‘that’ Sky News interview. In addition, we discuss secularism, the far right and hate speech laws in […]

By: Ullrich Fischer

Ullrich Fischer — Fri, 22 May 2015 02:01:58 +0000

It is outrageous that the “But… ” brigade so aptly outed by Salman Rushdie as the traitors to democratic principles that they are — has overtaken pretty much all the media across the political spectrum in much of the non-Islamic world.

By: Fibble Decals

Fibble Decals — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:53:50 +0000

In reply to Brice Rogers. So Brice free speech as you see it should only be speech thats acceptable to you ?

By: Nomes

Nomes — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 23:15:34 +0000

Utterly disgraceful! I think this is it peeps – this truly marks the beginning of the end for whatever freedom of speech we thought we had! 🙁 When it comes to the British media I’m not overly surprised in some ways. I’ve seen something like this coming for quite a while. If they don’t want to show the images then fine – as long as they honestly admit it is out of fear of reprisals. Of course making an admission like that would involve having 1) integrity & a spine, & 2) most importantly; admitting to a fear of mass reprisals would pop their little “Islamaphobia” bubble they’ve invested so much PR effort in.

By: Godless Spellchecker

Godless Spellchecker — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:58:34 +0000

In reply to Tom. I find the notion that a major global news conglomerate can be 'bullied' or 'cajoled' to be an unusual one. Of course it's their choice, as it's the choice of others to point out they've failed to uphold freedom of expression and opted for self-censorship.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:35:20 +0000

Attempting to force, bully, cajole or shame a media organisation into broadcasting something it doesn’t want to is not striking a blow for press freedom. It’s the opposite. Whether you agree or not with Sky’s desire to not broadcast the image – and whatever their motives – it’s their network, their channel, their employees… their choice.

By: Brice Rogers

Brice Rogers — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:22:25 +0000

In reply to Fibble Decals. On the surface there's definitely a conflict between fighting for free speech and then arresting people for saying certain things. But they're not just jailing people for any old unpopular opinions. They're going after are those who specifically support/condone/celebrate the killing of innocents. You can't hide behind free speech if the intent of your speech is inciting violence and death. If you think people deserved to die for drawing a cartoon, you're a lunatic and a terrorist sympathizer, and i'm perfectly happy for the GIGN to break your door down.

By: Fibble Decals

Fibble Decals — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 15:50:07 +0000

The problem with this whole thing , as I see it is this….. the French are all claiming free speech etc yet at the same time they ban a “comedian” who is in favour of the attacks you can’t allow one and not have the other just because you don’t like something is not a reason to ban it. The bbc sky etc have been going soft for years try getting them to say illegal alien these days …..call a spade a spade stop pussy footing around these overly sensitive idiots as its not helping society as a whole it’s only weakening it.

By: Brice Rogers

Brice Rogers — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 15:28:52 +0000

Sky News cowards. You can just see the subtext in her eyes when she’s apologizing for the “offense.” One should add subtitles to the video saying “we have chosen not to show that cover because we’re spineless and don’t actually believe what we say when we preach western world values like freedom of press and expression. Please don’t murder us. Sharia law FTW.”