Profiles in Cowardice: Rupert Murdoch

In what has to be one of the most shameful capitulations to the forces of political correctness I've ever seen, Rupert Murdoch has apologized for this hilarious cartoon:

As the Chairman of the New York Post, I am ultimately responsible for what is printed in its pages. The buck stops with me.

Last week, we made a mistake. We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted.

Over the past couple of days, I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused. At the same time, I have had conversations with Post editors about the situation and I can assure you - without a doubt - that the only intent of that cartoon was to mock a badly written piece of legislation. It was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately, it was interpreted by many as such.

We all hold the readers of the New York Post in high regard and I promise you that we will seek to be more attuned to the sensitivities of our community.

This is so disapointing on so many levels.

1) In Context, this cartoon was obviously about Economic Policy, not Race -- Much like Ronald Reagan's speech in Philadelphia, Mississippi, this cartoon was about economic policy, not race.  The monkey referered to the intellectual content, or lack thereof, in the bill.

2) This will embolden Rupert Murdoch's Enemies -- Does anyone think this craven act of appeasement will endear Rupert Murdoch to the left?  Of course it won't.  The left will always hate Rupert Murdoch because (along with Rush), he broke up their monopoly on public information.  Rupert Murdoch's cravenly callow capitulation is blood in the water to those who already want to destroy him.

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3) This gives the Race Industry New Life -- I can't remember the last time these people scored a victory this big.  They just humiliated one of the most successful businessmen in human history.  How can this possibly help?

4) The First Amendement -- While, technically, there aren't any first amendment issues here, let's not kid ourselves.  THIS was the perfect issue on which to make a stand on principle.  The New York Post didn't do anything wrong; why should they apologize?  Shouldn't the liberals apologize for wasting our money?

Shameful...absoluely shameful.

That is all.

Cahnman out.