Editor & Publisher: Many Won’t Run Next Two ‘Opus’ Strips With Sex Joke, Islam Reference. At least 25 of the 200 or so “Opus” client newspapers might not run the Sunday-only comic’s next two episodes, which feature Islamic references and a sex joke.
Puritan prudishness and political cowardice: Now there’s a combination that’s just certain to attract more readers.
on Aug 26th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
This just in to the Bloom Beacon:
Citizen-media news guru says:
“American newspapers need more Islamic references and sex jokes”
[No?]
on Aug 27th, 2007 at 5:06 am
American newspapers: Blandify your way to success.
That ought to work particularly well as local markets get more competitive.
on Aug 27th, 2007 at 8:51 am
How is America supposed to grow up if their own media keeps treating them like children?
on Aug 27th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
[…] on those grounds deserve to be so offended in my book). I like this observation BB highlighted from Dave Gillmor at the Center for Citizen media Blog: “Puritan prudishness and political cowardice: Now […]
on Aug 27th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
[…] Gillmor says it’s a case of puritan prudishness and political cowardice. Salon have written an editorial. Thanks to BoingBoing for the […]
on Aug 27th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Seth: I think you mean the Bloom Picayune. But what a Beacon it was in its day. “Just who are these immoral Americans, and what are they doing?” boy editor Milo Bloom mused, before grabbing a telescope. “Gotta peek in a few of dem windows!”
BTW, where’s Art Linkletter when you need him, to tell us that trackbacks say the darndest things? “The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log” writes above: “I like this observation BB highlighted from Dave Gillmor at the Center for Citizen media Blog…”
Yes, and that nice penguin “Otis.”
on Aug 27th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
LOL
on Aug 27th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
[…] Dan Gillmor writes at The Center for Citizen Media Blog, “Puritan prudishness and political cowardice: Now […]
on Aug 29th, 2007 at 12:47 am
You guys are all missing the point, This isn’t about the press being prudish or too “sensitive”. It has everything to do with the press being cowed into self-censorship by implied threats of violence. And the media won’t f#cking admit it. That’s the real tragedy here.
on Aug 29th, 2007 at 1:00 am
[…] editors across America have pulled the strip, scared of offending people with sex and religion. As Dan Gillmor writes at The Center for Citizen Media Blog, “Puritan prudishness and political cowardice: Now […]
on Sep 7th, 2007 at 4:33 am
Comic Book Carnival number twelve…
Welcome to the September 8, 2007 edition of the comic book carnival. Here’s the submissions for this month….