An interesting blog I found on MySpace:
In the world of the media and entertainment, Christainity is fair game. Rapper Kanye West, famous for declaring (during a charity fundraiser) that George W. Bush "doesn't care about black people," appeared on the cover of the Rolling Stone as Jesus Christ wearing a crown of thorns; there was a little protest. Andres Serrano depicted a crucified Jesus in urine in his "Piss Christ." Terrence McNally's play about Jesus as a "young gay man" having "sexual adventures with his 12 disciples" was seen by large crowds in New York. This contrasts with the attitude towards Islam. As of this writing, the Washington Post and most other major news media have failed to publish the Danish cartoons ridiculing Muhammad that sparked anti-Western riots in Muslim countries. At CNN's Website, a remarkable editor's note appeared at the bottom of a story about the cartoons: "CNN has chosen to not show the cartoons out of respect for Islam." This from CNN, whose founder, Ted Tuner, called Catholics, "Jesus Freaks" and said Christainity was a "religion for losers..."
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