Did Comedy Central Censor South Park Portrayal of Muhammed?
Comedy Central, the home of the hugely popular animated “South Park” appears to have censored the show’s attempt to show a cartoon image of the founder of Islam, Muhammed. The Muhammed segment aired in a special two-part episode which wove together criticisms of Comedy Central for earlier caving in to demands from scientologists, jabs at rival Fox cartoon “Family Guy,” and the manufactured furor over the Danish Muhammed cartoons. In the story, after word gets out that “Family Guy” will soon show an episode in which Muhammed is drawn as a cartoon character (something “South Park” did back in 2001), a fourth grade boy, Eric Cartman, sets out to get the episode censored in hopes that doing so will lead to the show’s eventual cancellation. Cartman’s attempts fail, however, as the Fox network head decides to air the entire show including the Muhammed gag reference. All the “South Park” characters are portrayed as having seen the Muhammed image but real-life viewers of the show were not allo
Comedy Central, the home of the hugely popular animated “South Park” appears to have censored the show’s attempt to show a cartoon image of the founder of Islam, Muhammed. The Muhammed segment aired in a special two-part episode which wove together criticisms of Comedy Central for earlier caving in to demands from scientologists, jabs at rival Fox cartoon “Family Guy,” and the manufactured furor over the Danish Muhammed cartoons. In the story, after word gets out that “Family Guy” will soon show an episode in which Muhammed is drawn as a cartoon character (something “South Park” did back in 2001), a fourth grade boy, Eric Cartman, sets out to get the episode censored in hopes that doing so will lead to the show’s eventual cancellation. Cartman’s attempts fail, however, as the Fox network head decides to air the entire show including the Muhammed gag reference. All the “South Park” characters are portrayed as having seen the Muhammed image but real-life viewers of the show were not allo
