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This 8 page paper looks at the case of the New Zealand political cartoonist: Malcolm Evans and the reasons why was sacked following physical representations of the Israeli Palestinian conflict, using this case to discuss the role and purpose that political cartoonists play within the modern media, in discussing whether or not this role is positive supports democracy, or can be harmful. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
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criticism may be presented in a humorous manner, usually in the popular press (Streicher, 1967). Starting with the cartoon, referred to as caricatures in eighteen century England; one of the
areas where the practice first became popular, was also seen as a freedom of the press; reflecting the right of the press to criticise the politicians (Duus, 2001). However, one
of the problems that may exist, while the freedom of the press may be seen as one of the tools in terms of checks and balances in a democratic society,
the press have been responsible for bring to light many scandals and unsavourily practices that would otherwise have gone unnoticed, there are also commercial interests that require both commercial support
and have to provide a service that their readers want in order to sell there papers, as well as facing influences from the owners and editors of the papers and
their personal opinions. In this context the role of the press and the political cartoonist in the press, may be seen as constrained with the pressures that arise from these
influences reflecting One example of this is the case of the New Zealand political cartoonist Malcolm Evans, who lost his job as a result of failing to
comply with his editors wishes (Manning and Phiddian, 2005). Evans had been drawing cartoons reflecting the political situation with the Israeli Palestinian conflict, in 2003 his editor instructed him to
cease using this topic as it was upsetting the Jewish community, but he refused and was sacked (Manning and Phiddian, 2005). Evans faced and defied pressures to comply; he
argued that as a political cartoonist he had a licence to mock political institutions and players (Manning and Phiddian, 2005). Evans is following a long tradition where political cartoons play
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