CNN Passes on Showing Cartoons

Michelle Malkin notes that CNN has decided not to show the Mohammed cartoons that have been printed in several European and American newspapers “because the network believes its role is to cover the events surrounding the publication of the cartoons while not unnecessarily adding fuel to the controversy itself.” Well, sure. That would explain why CNN didn’t show the Abu Ghraib photos.
Cox and Forkum suspect that CNN’s motives might not be so noble: