Harris: Our Spineless Media

Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:05:04 am PST

At Huffington Post, of all places, an excellent article by Sam Harris on Western media’s self-censorship in the face of radical Islamic intimidation: Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks.

And the Washington Post is among the very worst of the cringing media; they’ve given up all pretense of informing the public, and are now engaged in simply hiding the truth.

In a thrillingly ironic turn of events, a shorter version of the very essay you are now reading was originally commissioned by the opinion page of Washington Post and then rejected because it was deemed too critical of Islam. Please note, this essay was destined for the opinion page of the paper, which had solicited my response to the controversy over Wilders’ film. The irony of its rejection seemed entirely lost on the Post, which responded to my subsequent expression of amazement by offering to pay me a “kill fee.” I declined.