Thursday, February 09, 2006

LAST CARTOONGATE POST, I PROMISE

While my friend Scott and I agree totally that the correct response to the cartoon controversy is NOT rioting, destruction and death, there is -it appears- more to the story than meets the eye. Andrew Sullivan links to this counterpoint and this interesting fact. Scott led me to this article, by Pat Buchanan (not a man I’m otherwise inclined to agree with,) which casts the cartoons in a more provocative light. It seems clear to me that the recent unrest has been sparked by some pretty nefarious political actors. It also seems that the original publishers of the cartoons are less than innocent, though. What struck me most, though, is how hard one has to dig to fully flesh out the story. Our regular media channels increasingly don't seem to do the important topics justice.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

How long do you think it will take for some of this information to surface in the MSM if ever?

The sad point is: probably never. A large number of people will come away from this story thinking that our most powerful PR weapon is DC Comics.