The Book-Banning Double Standard

Pajamas Media by Mike McNally | Oct. 9, 2008 (Opinion)

While America’s mainstream media has spent the last few weeks obsessing about the imagined book-banning proclivities of Sarah Palin, news of a very real threat to Western values of tolerance and freedom of expression has gone largely unremarked upon by those same commentators.

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Subjects: Religion, World, Media, Entertainment
Topics: Islam, Freedom of Speech, Books
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Posted by: Posted by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct 9, 2008 - 5:24 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Roland F. Hirsch (review), Carla Castillo (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Oct 9, 2008 - 7:46 AM PDT
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 9, 2008

What's odd about this piece is that it highlights a unfortunate act of censorship and terrorism, but then attacks an American academic, suggesting she should have censored her criticism. It's over-reliant on an WSJ editorial piece, and has almost no original reporting.

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 by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 9, 2008

This news analysis has considerable journalistic merit. The author provides ample background for this important topic, and presents it in a balanced way. Sufficient details are presented to enable understanding of the situation.

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