Shocking as it is, the fatal attack on the newsroom of Paris’s leading
satirical news weekly is a not an isolated incident, but rather an
extreme example of the brutal, often violent reality for thousands of
news professionals worldwide.

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democratic societies, the world over. An attack on a publication like
Charlie Hebdo – unafraid, imperturbable, unwavering in its acerbic
political satire and penetrating social commentary – is intended as an
attack on the values our societies uphold. That we are no more damning
to others as we are to ourselves is a philosophy that has kept Europe