The New York Times has rejected a full-page anti-Islam advertisement that mirrored a scathing anti-Catholic advertisement the newspaper published on March 9.
According to The Daily Caller, a March 13 letter sent by the Times to the parody’s sponsor, activist Pamela Geller, said the $39,000 anti-Islam ad was rejected because “the fallout from running this ad now could put U.S. troops and/or civilians in the [Afghan] region in danger.”
Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, accused the Times of having a double standard and told DC that The Time’s was based on “either [anti-Catholic] bigotry or fear [of Islamic violence], and they’ve painted themselves into that corner.”
DC adds:
Donohue said the frequent claims of intellectual honesty by Times employees would compel them to address the double standard if they weren’t “shameless.”
TheDC asked Robert Christie, the Times’ senior vice-president for corporate communications, if the Times’ decision is a surrender to violence and also an incentive for additional threats of violence.
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You mean members of the "religion of peace" will KILL you if you say something bad about Islam, but since Catholics and Christians in general will just shrug (they know God will judge, not men), then it's okay the smear, ridicule, and attack Catholics and not "peaceful" Muslims? Wow. And this from one of the oldest and (used to be) respected defenders of journalistic freedom? With their circulation falling like rocks off a cliff, you'd think they would stand up for principles and freedom. Instead, they have caved in to left-wing BS. And try to convince the rest of us that its not piss, its RAIN.
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