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Abstract
This article revisits media coverage of Holocaust denial, arguing that the media should introduce standards of responsibility into coverage of such hatred. The article defines Holocaust denial and hate speech, as well as outlines the concept of moral and social responsibility. Ernst Zündel and his claim to fame are also discussed. Also analyzed are the ways in which Zündel had exploited the media, including one episode in which the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation staged a media event, bringing to its studio Zündel and a Holocaust survivor. I conclude with a discussion of whether we should ban Holocaust denial tracts.
Notes
1. Interview with The Honourable Justice Frank Iacobucci, Ottawa (July 19, 2002).
2. Interview with Mark Freiman, Deputy Attorney General of Ontario (July 11, 2002), and with senior counsels, Crown Law Office–Criminal, Ministry of the Attorney General, Toronto (July 1315, 2002).
3. I have developed the concept of the “democratic catch” in several of my books (1994, 2005, 2006).
4. First Amendment Exercise Machine http://www.faem.com; The Freedom Site, http://www.freedomsite.org/; American Civil Rights Review, http://www.americancivilrightsreview.com/; The KKK, http://www.kukluxklan.bz/#freedom; The Canadian Association for Free Expression (CAFE), http://www.canadianfreespeech.com/
5. Interview with Professor Roderick A. Macdonald, Montreal (July 25, 2002).
6. http://www.jrbooksonline.com/HTML-docs/hitlove.htm; http://www.amazon.com/Hitler-We-Loved-Why/dp/1593640234
7. Interview with Marvin Kurz, National legal Counsel for Bnai Brith League for Human Rights (July 15, 2002).
8. Interview with Renaud Gilbert, Montreal (July 24, 2002).
9. The Offense Principle will not aid religious fundamentalists who are claiming severe offense as a result of seeing a woman in a bikini. They can avoid being exposed to such an offense, which is certainly not designed to inflict pain on them.
10. Interviews with Ms. Ruth Klein, B'nai Brith Canada (July 10, 2002); Professor Ramsay Cook (July 12, 2002); Mr. M. David Lepofsky, Ministry of the Attorney General (July 13, 2002); Professor Joseph Eliot Magnet (July 17, 2002); Professor G. Stuart Adam (July 18, 2002); Mr. Ronald I. Cohen, National Chair, Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (July 18, 2002); Professor Irwin Cotler (July 24, 2002).
11. Interview with James Littleton, CBC, Toronto (October 4, 1998).
12. In March 2001, Armin Meiwes advertised on the Internet for a “young well-built man who wanted to be eaten.” Bernd Brandes replied to the ad, Meiwes had chopped him up and ate him.