News Corp asylum seeker cartoon 'prejudicial' but in public interest, press council says

Watchdog says Daily Telegraph cartoon conveys offensive stereotypes about Middle Eastern men but is justified in the public interestA cartoon published in a News Corp newspaper which conveyed offensive stereotypes about Middle Eastern and asylum seeker men did not breach press standards because it was justified in the public interest, the press watchdog has ruled.The Australian Press Council investigated a cartoon by Warren Brown, published in the Daily Telegraph in February 2019 during the medevac debate, which portrayed a bearded man with a head covering, long tunic and sandals, chasing a female nurse or doctor. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-02-17 05:58:27 UTC ]

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