2015 Charlie Hebdo Terrorist Attack - Joe Sacco: On Satire – a response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks

“His article and cartoons in the magazine Charlie Hebdo relating to Jean Sarkozy’s marriage to Jessica Sebaoun-Darty, the Jewish heiress, touched off a controversy, after journalist Claude Askolovitch described them as anti-Semitic. The magazine’s editor, Philippe Val, ordered Siné to write a letter of apology or face termination. The cartoonist said he would rather “cut his own balls off”, and was promptly fired. Both sides subsequently filed lawsuits, and in December 2010, Siné won a 40,000-euro court judgment against his former publisher for wrongful termination."

So much for the alleged legend that Charlie Hebdo unrepentantly criticized everyone without holding back.

But it was acknowledged that the termination was wrongful. Satire won through. those who bitched about it got more heat and Siné got himself justified and then payed. While the paper was shown to be in the wrong. this might explain their new stance on s"atire for all." Seeing that "satire for some" cost them dearly.