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May 29, 2006
Media Watch says that the Leunig cartoon below was published by The Age but rejected by The Sydney Morning Herald on the grounds of taste.
Leunig
Gee. It's edge is sharp, but it is fairly mild. Aren't cartoons meant to offend?
Leunig's response:
Leunig
That is a mild response to censorship, isn't it.
Update 1 June
Some commentary on cartoons by Robert Phiddian. He says:
Cartoons are the hub of the surviving anti-spin and shaming devices in the mainstream media at a time when spin and shamelessness are a ballooning element in public life. Think everything from Big Brother to the AWB inquiry, from Shane Warne to weapons of mass destruction. Cartoons have increasingly been at the heart of storms over free speech and the pressure from governments, corporations, and opinion-makers to control the message.
I agree.
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