Freedom Of Speech Is A Cherished Value In The US -- As Long As You Don't Speak Too Freely
Fabienne Faur writes at AFP:

Washington (AFP) - Freedom of speech is a cherished US value -- one heralded this week after the deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo -- but commentators have questioned why there is no obvious equivalent to the French weekly on American newsstands.

If Charlie Hebdo wanted to be published on "any American university campus over the last two decades it wouldn't have lasted 30 seconds," New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote Friday in a piece titled "I am not Charlie Hebdo."

"Student and faculty groups would have accused them of hate speech. The administration would have cut financing and shut them down," Brooks wrote.