memeorandum: 23 Heartbreaking Cartoons From Artists Responding To The Charlie Hebdo Shooting (Ryan Broderick/BuzzFeed)

11:15 PM ET, January 7, 2015

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Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris — The horrific murder of the editor, cartoonists and other staff of the irreverent satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, along with two policemen, by terrorists in Paris was in my view a strategic strike, aiming at polarizing the French and European public.

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Bill / Catholic League:

MUSLIMS ARE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY — Bill Donohue comments on the killing of 12 people at the Paris office of the newspaper Charlie Hebdo: — Killing in response to insult, no matter how gross, must be unequivocally condemned. That is why what happened in Paris cannot be tolerated.

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NBC News:

Paris Attack Suspect Dead, Two in Custody, U.S. Officials Say — One of the suspects in the Paris attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine has been killed and the two others are in custody, two senior U.S. counterterrorism officials told NBC News on Wednesday. — Authorities earlier had identified …

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New York Times:

One Suspect Surrenders in Attack on French Newspaper; Two Others at Large — PARIS — The police organized an enormous manhunt across the Paris region on Wednesday for three suspects they said were involved in a brazen and methodical midday slaughter at a satirical newspaper that had lampooned Islam.

Ezra Klein / Vox:

Don't let murderers pretend their crimes are about cartoons — Yes, Charlie Hebdo was a magazine that delighted in controversy and provocation. Yes, it skewered religion and took joy in giving offense. Yes, the magazine knowingly antagonized extremists — Charlie Hebdo's web site …

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Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:

23 Heartbreaking Cartoons From Artists Responding To The Charlie Hebdo Shooting — Cartoonists from all over the world mourn in the wake of a Paris shooting that killed as many as 12 people, many of whom are members of Charlie Hebdo. — 1. David Pope … 2. Ruben L. Oppenheimer

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

Internal CNN memo: ‘We are not at this time showing the Charlie Hebdo cartoons’ — CNN is not showing detailed images of cartoons from the Charlie Hebdo magazine that could be viewed as offensive to Muslims, CNN senior editorial director Richard Griffiths said in a message sent to CNN staff Wednesday afternoon.

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Associated Press:

FRENCH POLICE IDENTIFY 3 SUSPECTS IN ATTACK THAT KILLED 12 — PARIS (AP) — French police officials identified three men as suspects in a deadly attack against newspaper offices that killed 12 people and shook the nation on Wednesday. — Two officials named the suspects as Frenchmen …

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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:

Many Outlets Are Censoring Charlie Hebdo's Satirical Cartoons After Attack — News outlets shy away from publishing the controversial images of the paper's satirical cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. — The cartoon of Muhammad that appeared on a 2011 cover of Charlie Hebdo.

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New York Times:

‘Dangerous Moment’ for Europe, as Fear and Resentment Grow — LONDON — The sophisticated, military-style strike Wednesday on a French newspaper known for satirizing Islam staggered a continent already seething with anti-immigrant sentiments in some quarters, feeding far-right nationalist parties like France's National Front.

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Amanda Taub / Vox:
Charlie Hebdo and its biting satire, explained in 9 of its most iconic covers

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Blasphemy We Need — In the wake of the vicious murders …

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Guardian:
Charlie Hebdo shooting: eleven dead at Paris offices of satirical magazine - live updates

Tony Barber / Financial Times:
The gunmen in Paris attacked more than a Muslim-baiting magazine

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
News orgs censor Charlie Hebdo cartoons after attack

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Daily Mail:
12 DEAD IN PARIS MASSACRE: Islamic gunmen execute French police officer as he pleads for his life …

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Anne Penketh / Guardian:
Fight intimidation with controversy: Charlie Hebdo's response to critics

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Barney Henderson / Telegraph:
Paris Charlie Hebdo attack: live

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USA Today:
Terror attack at Paris magazine leaves 12 dead; gunmen escape

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Amir Taheri / New York Post:
Terror in Paris — the limits of appeasement

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
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Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:

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David Brooks / New York Times:

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Joe Randazzo / msnbc.com:

Former ‘Onion’ editor: Freedom of speech cannot be killed — When I was editor there, The Onion was located in the heart of Manhattan and the one person manning our front entrance was our petite, tattooed office manager, Jessie. She was the definition of unthreatening …

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Ron Paul On Paris Attack: Bad Foreign Policy “Invites Retaliation” — “It's that overall policy which invites retaliation, and they see us as intruders.” — View Video › — Former Republican presidential candidate and congressman Ron Paul says bad foreign policy is to blame …

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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:

Senator Lindsey Graham: “The President of the United States Is Undercutting The President Of Egypt. We Are In A Religious War...This Is Not A Cartoon Problem" — South Carolina's Lindsey Graham joined me today for some very blunt talk about the assassinations — The Audio: — 01-07hhs-graham

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