Reacting to Bruce Crumley's asinine criticisms of Charlie Hebdo, Jamie Kirchick fumes:
The original title of Crumley’s piece, still viewable in the website URL, was "Firebombed French Paper: A Victim of Islam, Or Its Own Obnoxious Islamaphobia?" If a reader, so offended by Crumley’s excuse-making for theocratic nutcases, bombs TIME’s Paris Bureau, would that make Crumley a "victim" of his own obnoxious cowardice?
Somewhat de trop, but it's Kirchick; and the principle is exactly right. Mollie Ziegler thinks Crumley should be fired. I don't believe journalists should be fired for their views, within reason. Her colleague George Conger previously offered an overview of related controversies.
(Photo: The Charlie Hebdo's publisher, known only as Charb, shows a special edition of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on November 2, 2011 in Paris, in front of the magazine's offices, which were destroyed by a petrol bomb attack overnight. By Alexander Klein/AFP/Getty Images.)
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