One Newspaper Refuses to Distribute 'Islam Terror' DVD
DEVISIVE, FEAR MONGERING,
"Just because you can publish doesn't mean you should."
Source: Editor & Publisher
But at least one newspaper turned away the money and refused to distribute it, calling it "divisive."
It's the Greensboro News & Record in North Carolina.. The longtime editor, John Robinson, explained his reasoning in a column yesterday.
"Many newspapers across the country distributed a controversial DVD today about Islam, titled 'Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West.'....We did not distribute it. I was not involved in the decision; it was an advertising call, in keeping with advertising policies.
"I asked our publisher about it. He said it was divisive and plays on people's fears and served no educational purpose. The revenue it would have brought in was not a motivator.
"As I've said on other occasions about news decisions, just because you can publish doesn't mean you should."
LinkHere
But at least one newspaper turned away the money and refused to distribute it, calling it "divisive."
It's the Greensboro News & Record in North Carolina.. The longtime editor, John Robinson, explained his reasoning in a column yesterday.
"Many newspapers across the country distributed a controversial DVD today about Islam, titled 'Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West.'....We did not distribute it. I was not involved in the decision; it was an advertising call, in keeping with advertising policies.
"I asked our publisher about it. He said it was divisive and plays on people's fears and served no educational purpose. The revenue it would have brought in was not a motivator.
"As I've said on other occasions about news decisions, just because you can publish doesn't mean you should."
LinkHere
posted by Kangaroo Brisbane Australia at 5:03 PM
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