by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2015
To Keep Safe, Danish Paper Won’t Run Charlie Hebdo Cartoons
Despite having dealt with its own controversial past for publishing cartoons of Muhammad, Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten said it isn't going...
Cartoon Ethics
by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2015
NYTimes Publishes Offensive Cartoons…Why Not Charlie Hebdo’s?
After the New York Times said it wasn't publishing potentially offensive images from satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, several news outlets...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2015
New York Times’ Public Editor Responds to the newspaper Not Publishing Charlie Hebdo Cartoons
New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan weighed in this afternoon on the Times' decision not to publish cartoons from...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2015
No National UK Paper Printed Muhammed Charlie Hebdo Cartoons, Guardian says
None of the UK national press published any of Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of Muhammad today, the Guardian reported. iMediaEthics has...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 07, 2015
Who is afraid of Charlie Hebdo Cartoons?
Following the terrorist attack on Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo this morning, some news outlets are censoring or otherwise not...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2014
5 Most Controversial Cartoons of 2014
This year, questions about the ethics of cartoons have gained more attention. From questions about why women in a real-life...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 11, 2014
‘Officer Friendly’ cartoon shows police reacting to white, black children differently
A cartoon depicting police officers as "fiendly" and pointing a gun at a black boy and "friendly" and waving to...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 06, 2014
In real life, the lawyers and judge were women, so why did Toronto Star’s Ghomeshi Cartoon depict them as Men?
In the real court case, two female lawyers and a woman judge --not men--dominated the visual court scene. So why...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 26, 2014
Immigration Thanksgiving cartoon retracted by Indianapolis Star
The Indianapolis Star apologized for an offensive Thanksgiving cartoon this weekend. The cartoon, created by Gary Varvel, showed a family...