http://www.ambitgambit.com/2006/02/18/an-act-of-solidarity-with-muslim-journalists/ Ambit Gambit Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:31:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ambitgambit.com/2006/02/18/an-act-of-solidarity-with-muslim-journalists/comment-page-1/#comment-1143 Jim Nicholls Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:05:14 +0000 http://localhost/ambit/?p=1194#comment-1143 Graham When there is no separation between state and religion, the kind of controversy associated with the cartoon crisis is almost bound to occur. Does this mean that journalists and cartoonists in free liberal societies must acquiesce in the name of an artificial and arbitrary construction of what constitutes journalistic social responsibility? A journalist’s first priority is to the fundamental principle of freedom of speech and expression. The concept of social responsibility is important but none the less ancillary to this principle. Jim Graham
When there is no separation between state and religion, the kind of controversy associated with the cartoon crisis is almost bound to occur. Does this mean that journalists and cartoonists in free liberal societies must acquiesce in the name of an artificial and arbitrary construction of what constitutes journalistic social responsibility? A journalist’s first priority is to the fundamental principle of freedom of speech and expression. The concept of social responsibility is important but none the less ancillary to this principle.
Jim

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