MEDIA HYPOCRACY

Remember "The People Vs Larry Flynt"? The movie garnered all sorts of accolades from the main-stream press, and no doubt warmed the hearts of liberals everywhere. For those who don't remember, Flynt had put some pretty nasty cartoons and suggestions in his magazine lampooning Jerry Falwell. Falwell sued, and lost. The movie is the saga of Larry Flynt's heroic defense of free speech.

So, when the target of ridicule is a Christian, free speech is worth defending, and when the target is Islam, then free speech should be "moderated". I know of nothing which illustrates the crux of the matter better than the comparison of the media's reaction to these related events.