State Department Condemns Rice Cartoons [View All]

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And they had this to say about the cartoon,

“We encourage development of a free press but along with those freedoms come certain responsibilities,” a State Department spokesman told the Times. “Secretary Rice is focused on doing her job. She knows that the United States is doing the right thing.”

But this is what the State Department said about the cartoons of Allah a few months back,

“While we share the offense that Muslims have taken at these images, we at the same time vigorously defend the right of individuals to express points of view . . . Freedom of expression is at the core of our democracy, and it is something that we have shed blood and treasure around the world to defend, and we will continue to do so,”

I guess it’s only freedom of the press when you’re making fun of the other guy.


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