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Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Why are international media houses reluctant to carry Charlie Hebdo new mag cover?

French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, who lost 10 of their staff members last week Wednesday Jan. 7th in a terror attack, unveiled the cover of their new edition today January 13th which has a drawing of a weeping Prophet Muhammad holding up a sign that reads “Je suis Charlie.”, with tagline “all is forgiven,” but I noticed that most international media houses, including CNN, Daily Mail, BBC, Mirror and more refused to carry the cover but talked about the issue..

Because them no carry am, me sef I fear to carry am..lol. But why though? Why are they all reluctant to carry it? Meanwhile, the mag said they are planning to release 3million copies of the new issue. Readers of Mail Online, BBC and others are blasting them for refusing to carry the cover. See some of their comments after the cut...

"Never thought I would see the day when the French are heroes and the BBC and Daily Mail are trembling like little girls."
"DM why on earth have you not posted the cover yet? You're not usually the ones afraid to tell it like it is."

"DM is a disgrace - where's the cover?"

"So where is it? Gutless lot......."

"The daily mail is either pandering to the politically correct for fear of causing offence, or, it's running scared and has been BEATEN by the terrorists. Which is it?"

"Just like the politicians, lots of words no actions. When marching the other day it would have been better if they had all marched holding up posters of Charlie Hebdo's cartoons. Now that's standing shoulder to shoulder! DM publish you cowards."
"You've published the article without the picture that the article is about. Not very Je Suis Charlie. Shame on you."
"Go look at The Guardian, a paper with the guts to print it."

"It will be interesting to see if any UK news media, has the guts to show what they (CHARLIE) print on Wednesday, or will it be a case of not in our back yard. Cameron talked about free speech, lets see."

"The Guardian has 10 times the guts of the DM - the Charlie Hebdo cover is on the front page."
 
"No paper will show the cartoon in this country, every one is too afraid of reprisals. In this respect the terrorist have won.// Absolute rubbish, the picture is on the front page of The Guardian."

120 comments:

  1. For fear of being attacked agn. Linda take note!

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    1. Je suis linda's future husband


      @lwkmd_naija

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    2. No one on earth knows what the prophet Muhammad looks like. This is exercise in futility.

      It is important to respect other people's sensibilities. Can you call a black person a nigger? or call a blonde dumb without a back lash.

      I am a Muslim against these terrorist acts. But I am also unable to fathom the warped thinking of the people who made those comments.

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    3. No one in earth knows what the prophet Muhammad looks like. This is exercise in futility.

      It is important to respect other people's sensibilities. Can you call a black person a nigger? or call a blonde dumb without a back lash.

      I am a Muslim against these terrorist acts. But I am also unable to fathom the warped thinking of some of the people who made those comments.

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    4. @ya doctora please LIVE and let LIVE, don't kill others because they drew a senseless cartoon about your GOD. Afterall he is a supreme being Andhe can fight for himself. #marshallmatters

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  2. Linda, if you were in Paris after the massacre, would you carry it ni? Its sad na

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  3. Fear of future attack, that incident is spoiling business for them

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  4. Fear of future attack, that incident is spoiling business for them

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  5. You can't risk such till you are sure your security details is 100% Linda. Too manylone wolves killing under the disguise of Islam

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  10. Precautionary measure. Na I'm be d reason.




    @Sophia Stephen

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  11. Linda sitdown look,na be dog name

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  12. The same reason as yours. "Fear"

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  13. We have advocates and we have people who refuse to be cowed.

    You do not support the killing of innocents, but knowing that you are dealing with people who can be irrational....why stick your neck out!

    I live outside Nigeria and I would like to place an order for a copy, but I wouldn't because I don't want to put my life and my family at risk.

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  14. Dey no want mk isis blast them

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  15. Bcos it irrelevant to them...

    No value attached to it as far as they r concern.

    This my own personal opinion bcos they knw better.

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    1. Kai, your stupidity knows no end. Am so sorry, but do u even think before u type?

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  16. Anything that will cause more havoc should be avoided. We want peace.


    Shalom to Nigeria. Amen!!!

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    1. They r afraid 9/11 might repeat itself again. Nawah o.

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  17. You want to be attacked? Nobody wants to be gunned down while trying to make a living because someone perceives that you have somehow insulted their religion because you are seen to support something they feels errs their god! Biko better safe than sorry,

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  18. But u too can carry it nw???

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  19. #hehehehehe the same reason u dint carry it! Lol

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  20. Wetin dat one come mean biko???

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  21. Umm na dem sabi.

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  22. Nobody wan die bt dem wan go heaven lol
    Even CNN dey fear

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  23. My sis life no get duplicate o jst mind dis ur keke business wey u Dey do here nd Dey get peace of mind o. I no wan lose u o

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  24. Linda you dey fear make bokoharam...no trace you for where you dey.lmao....who wan die?

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  25. Linda, u go fear fear. From what i understand, it is offensive to publish images of the Prophet irrespective of what the image is depicting. So LInda, for your muslim brothers and sisters, don't you dare

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  26. Wait lemme go and ask them...but seriously why?
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  27. Everybody dey fear death na!

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  28. They would never learn....is that d next step...Aunty Linda no carry am abeg

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  29. The fear of terrorists is the beginning of long life...Who wan die?!

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  30. carry am na if u no dey fear dis muslim guys wey dey use bomb drink garri.............
    #dion

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  31. Hmmmmm..They are looking for trouble again..soon a new group of possessed militants will storm a new location and kill people and leaders will come and march again................................#KingOfKings #6God

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  32. Its degrading to Muslims na.its nt right dey should nt carry it abeg

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  33. Looool them dey fear for their heads nau and its good you follow soot oooooo. If u no wan gbege

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  34. Because it is against the Muslim religion to draw the picture of their prophet. The simple act of drawing a person representing him is forbidden talk less of drawing insulting images of him. That is why the responsible media houses don't do it and they won't endorse anyone who does. Charlie Hebdo is a satirical magazine and their goal is to provoke, it is extremely sad what happened there but their drawings are not innocent.

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  35. Lin, u follow dey fear? Make dem no come bomb ur blog (again). Lol.

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  36. It's just a wise decision not to, it's not about cowardice but it's not right to mock other people's religion or beliefs. There so many other things they have published. So said they died but still right is right and wrong is wrong!

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  37. guy she is sooooooooooooooo cheating on you

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  39. Abeg linda everybody is afraid the world has already seen enough blood!!!!may God helo us JC

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  40. Linda, u copied this or you wrote this?

    Shalom to Nigeria, Amen

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  41. Abeg linda everybody is afraid the world has already seen enough blood!!!!may God helo us JC

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  42. Something is wrong somewhere.

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  43. Everyone is scared.....lool

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  44. 1 million copies l heard in my own version off CNN oh. Whoever that is not afraid to be the next target of this lslamic fundamentalist should carry the cover first. Una think say na Naija wey everybody dey carry talk. Omazo

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  45. Well Let's look at it this way: If Charlie had the right to mock people's religion, do we have the right to mock people's Sexuality? At least those are the two very sensitive things.
    Officer Ahmed died defending the right that Charlie had to mock his religion. I am not a muslim, I don't support the killing at Charlie but do I support Charlie making fun of people's religion? NO! Sony turned down the screening of #TheInterview. Because they didn't want to take chances with Human lives. Can Charlie do that? No!!! We are not modern day slaves to Charlie. Charlie has his opinion and we respect the fact that he has a right to have an opinion. That is it. Not everyone is Charlie. #JaNeSuisCharlie.

    SOrry I am referring to Charlie as a person but I mean the entire establishment

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  46. Linda,some international media actually did carry the new cover.you can check the link below to confirm;so you can actually go ahead too if you want but then....

    http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/13/charlie-hebdo-cover-magazine-prophet-muhammad

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  47. You want those animals of Islam (Problem of the world) to attack them?

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  48. British people dey fear those guys well well

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  49. http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/13/charlie-hebdo-cover

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  50. There apparent fear of terrorist attack is enough reason I think.

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  52. Abeg Abeg dem no wan die. Lol, these religious extremists can do anything oh. So leave them alone.

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  53. If CNN no carry it,who dem born hin papa well to carry it?

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  54. Wait, what? What does the prophet have to do with this.
    Btw linda if u carry that cover, you know you will lose a lot of Muslim fans

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  55. a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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    Lmaooo... Nobody wan be the next victim..
    We understand.....
    *GLO BRING 3G TO KONTAGORA*
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  56. Ndi ala mohankita.

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  57. Are they afraid of something? I don't get it




    #Commenting thru Glo 4G LTE

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  58. It's fear of been attacked..
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    @Mr Endowed via Lumia phone

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  59. I DON'T KNOW Y SOME PEOPLE THING DAT VIOLENCE IS THE BEST WAY OF SETTLING RELIOUS ISSUES..WELL ,I DON'T BLAME CNN ND OTHER MEDIA,THEY RE JUST TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR OWN.
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    DON RICHIE SAID SO VIA TECNO

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  60. EGWU NDI AJO MMO NA MMADU!!!!

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  61. Linda it is more wisdom than fear. You know how these islamic extremists can be. They will start saying Prophet Mohammed is being mocked and use it to start mass killing of innocent people across the globe all in the name of fighting for Prophet Mohammed. We already have enough killings by these people...

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  62. The cover is here--> http://www.businessinsider.com/this-will-be-charlie-hebdos-first-post-attack-cover-2015-1

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  63. They're "afraiding" nah! Who wan die! The fear of terrorists is the beginning of journalistic wisdom! Lol! Abeg oh Linda don't carry it oh! There are enough terrorists here in 9ja to do the job oh!

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  64. >>>> Terrorism can never win, and no one is afraid of the, the thing now is the world should refrain from using their prophet (Mohammed )in cartoons, hence its sensitive to them. <<<<

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  65. No carry am ooh, make dem no come slaughter u nd laura...

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  66. They are being wise.
    Bashing someone's belief and putting the prophet in funny and disrespectful cartoon art is uncalled for and all they do is hide behind the so called "freedom of speech".
    If the government do not intervene in this section by telling the media to restrain or rather be caution of what they write about other people's religion, this ungodly massacre will continue.
    Its a simple solution, They(Muslim) do not want you to disrespect their prophet, then honour that but instead the french media do otherwise.
    Kudos to those that didn't use it and you shouldn't too Linda.

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  67. Been hearing about this so published new cover but not seeing pic. I had to google to see it. Everyone is afraid, no one wants to die now.

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  68. I understand there fear, but does it mean the whole world is afraid of fcuking islam.....they better publish it ooooo, so that this bastards will know we are not afraid of them.....not publishing it, will just be like a pat on there back

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  69. I understand there fear, but does it mean the whole world is afraid of fcuking islam.....they better publish it ooooo, so that this bastards will know we are not afraid of them.....not publishing it, will just be like a pat on there back

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  70. Dem dey fear... U no go blame dem sha

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  71. Linda, i don't think the international media is scared ,it's a deliberate action, expect to see full scale reviews and pictures from tomorrow . Meanwhile,Aljazera and CCTV carried it with the cover picture

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  72. Everybody is afraid

    GEJ till 2019

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  73. who wants the die? I guess people realize some of these terror's reach is far and deep.

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  74. What stopped you from(LINDA) carrying it,that's what stopped them also

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  75. But why do you guys intentionally insult our religion and Prophet? Why?

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    1. Pls tell dem. A big diff btw freedom of speech and insult.

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  76. Nations have become weak dogs because of a few demons, that is why we need God and the David's of this generation to rise

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  78. Once bitten twice shy.

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  79. life they sweet them. they no won die

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  80. LINDA, MAKE WE JUST DIVIDE THIS WORLD ABEG........just kidding o... GOD'S KINGDOM IS THE ONE AND ONLY LASTING SOLUTION TO THE WHOLE OF MANKIND'S PROBLEMS

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  81. They don't want to be blasted into oblivion. But they can't let terrorists carry the day.
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  82. Let peace reign. Terrorists re not human. $oneandonlynwa@gmail.com#

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  83. Everybody donot want to die

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  84. WHO WAN DIE??????????? MAKE THEM CON DABARU THEIR OFFICE........ HMM

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  85. Your opinion isn't that smart is it? Terrorist hasn't won! We all should just be tolerant of one another and shouldn't go around deliberately offending people. Spread the love not insults!

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  86. Why should a journal make mockery of a religious Prophet.Why?The killings were barbaric and unjustifiable but the publications also provocative.
    I am a Christian but also feel there is the need to respect religious beliefs of others

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  87. As a Muslim, I’m fed up with the hypocrisy of the free speech fundamentalists

    http://www.newstatesman.com/mehdi-hasan/2015/01/muslim-i-m-fed-hypocrisy-free-speech-fundamentalists


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  88. “Defending freedom of expression in the face of oppression is one thing; insisting on the right to be obnoxious and offensive just because you can is infantile,”

    Khadr wrote. “Baiting extremists isn’t bravely defiant when your manner of doing so is more significant in offending millions of moderate people as well. And within a climate where violent response — however illegitimate — is a real risk, taking a goading stand on a principle virtually no one contests is worse than pointless: it’s pointlessly all about you.”

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  89. Fear of terrorists is the begining of wisdom.So oyibo they dey fear too? Choi! I think say na dem be shina rambo!

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  90. It is totally disrespectful to be intentionally mocking people's beliefs. We need to respect and embrace each other's beliefs.

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  91. This people are looking for trouble, just posting dat pic will give d extremists a very good reason to attack and kill, linda pls no post am wo

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  92. eze cee you are a bastard for reffering to Muslims as that. useless idiot.

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  93. Bellanaija has it up

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  94. Well don't desecrate their religion ooo that's all I have to say

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