The Cowardly State of Our Mainstream Media: Obscuring Charlie Hebdo Cartoons To Avoid Offense

Yesterday’s bloodbathat Charlie Hebdo begat another tragedy: Not since Comedy Centralheavily censoredan episode of South Parkin 2010, to stave off reprisals from angry Muslims, has so much media cowardice been so nakedly on display.

Or maybe the previous low-water mark was set just ayear ago, when Channel 4 in England, reporting on a comic-strip controversy involving Jesus and Mo, placed a censorious black blob over the Muslim prophet’s character, so as not to give “offense” to thin-skinned be...