CNN has the story.
An editor who chose to publish caricatures of Prophet Mohammed in the University of Illinois’ student-run newspaper last month has been fired, the paper’s publisher announced Tuesday.
Acton H. Gorton was suspended, with pay, from The Daily Illini days after the Feb. 9 publication of the cartoons, which sparked Muslim protests around the world after they first appeared in a Danish newspaper. … The Illini Media Co. board of directors, which comprises students and faculty, voted unanimously to fire the editor after a review “found that Gorton violated Daily Illini policies about thoughtful discussion of and preparation for the publication of inflammatory material,” according to a statement.
Gosh, maybe Gorton should have put a cover sheet over the graphics saying “WARNING!! The material behind this curtain is CONTROVERSIAL and some people may find it OFFENSIVE.”
Oh, wait, never mind ? that was tried already on a college campus. (It didn’t work.)
