Journalists are supposed to bring everything out in the open, to the public. Also, being a journalist does not automatically make you opposed to restrictions on free speech, even in Pakistan when the PEMRA ord. was initiated, there were plenty of journalists, most notably that nazir naji who was full of praise, but I guess that’s his view point and as a journalist he defended it.
Its simple, this guy might have insulted the prophet pbuh, and deserves a trial, no ifs or buts or ‘aye ki ho gya’ or what ifs.