Scott Keir Anderson (born December 31, 1963) is a Canadian newspaper editor and journalist. He served as editor-in-chief of the ''

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'' until 2007. Anderson is currently the senior vice-president of content for

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In 2006, Anderson was among the group of Canadian newspaper editors that chose not to publish cartoons depicting Muhammad during the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. He received criticism for this decision, notably from Ezra Levant, publisher of the ''

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'', who claimed that other editors should not be afraid to use their freedom of expression. Anderson replied that "not publishing

he cartoons He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' in ...

is also an expression of freedom". Born in Toronto, Ontario, Anderson studied at the University of Toronto, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He worked from the late 1980s to the present on various newspapers around Canada.

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