 Peter Hervik , a professor of Migration Studies , has since written that the results of this experiment disproved the idea that self @-@ censorship was a serious problem in Denmark because the overwhelming majority of cartoonists had either responded positively or refused for contractual or philosophical reasons . Carsten Juste has said that the survey " lacked validity and the story fell short of sound journalistic basis . " Hervik said that this , along with the fact that the most controversial cartoons were drawn by the newspaper 's staff cartoonists , demonstrates that the newspaper 's " desire to provoke and insult Danish Muslims exceeded the wish to test the self @-@ censorship of Danish cartoonists . " 
