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mo4ch:>‘No deaths – no irony?’ French satirical mag ‘hypocritical’ for cartoon on Notre Dame fire | Mo4ch News

Controversial satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was slammed after it ran a cartoon depicting the Notre Dame de Paris fire. Critics said it was surprisingly tame compared to the many times it joked about deadly disasters abroad.The latest cover shows a grinning French President Emmanuel Macron whose head is shaped like the facade of the iconic Gothic church engulfed in flames. The issue hit the shelves on Tuesday – one day after Notre Dame Cathedral was partially destroyed in a heavy fire, with its spire and roof collapsing.The word “Reforms” was written on the cover, along with the grotesquely-depicted Macron saying: “I’ll start from the frame.” It was a reference to a set of measures the president was due to announce in a televised address that day but had to promptly cancel due to the fire.Some commentators on social media were not amused by Charlie Hebdo’s latest cartoon.“I love your paper. I read it almost every week, but for once it doesn’t make me laugh,” a French-speaking user w…