* This article is not about Charlie Hebdo, but rather the 'Je suis Charlie' slogan. Any criticism or simple slander about the mag like the anon expressed would be more appropriately ignored in the Charlie Hebdo article. -) To the point made though, the weekly knows it is a rag that pokes at authority, so making the point that it is not something more than what it is, is an empty comment. I do think though if you state that it is hate-filled, then you have not actually read it.