While the Muhammad cartoons have been published widely across Europe, U.S. newspapers have, by and large, refrained from publishing them. Only the Philadelphia Inquirer has reprinted the cartoons. Which raises the question-are newspapers holding back out of religious sensitivity, or out of fear for retribution? The Phoenix family of alternative newspapers gives its reasons here. The money quote:
As we feel forced, literally, to bend to maniacal pressure, this may be the darkest moment in our 40-year publishing history. “
