Analyzing Political Cartoons

Recently there have been many controversial issues such as gay marriage, immigration, and police brutality. However, I chose a political cartoon regarding President Trump and the press because there have been many issues on that matter. The cartoon I selected was drawn by Randy Bish and it portrays the president as a dog and the media as a fire hydrant and in the illustration the dog is urinating on the fire hydrant that has words that read “freedom of the press”. I believe that the author is stating that the new laws the president is trying to create will restrict the media to the point that they will violate their freedom of speech as a whole. The cartoon is effective because it summarizes what is happening currently with the president and the press while still being comical by portraying the matter as an everyday occurrence. In recent events, this issue has made controversial news because President Trump has proposed to make new laws that will make it stricter for the press to publish articles. Trump wants to make it conceivable for people to sue the press “if someone says something wrong” (Borchers). The president argues that the press defames numerous individuals and in most cases it’s on purpose therefore, he proposed that …show more content…
Thus, I believe the dog urinating is a metaphor saying that trump is basically disrespecting the media and doing whatever he pleases regardless of the amendment that protects them. Then, the dog has a tie because it relates to the business side of the controversy where people argue that trump has a conflict of interest in wanting to limit the media’s powers. In addition, the author effectively uses irony to further inform the communities on the matter because it relates to the recent events of the media being disregarded and not being able to accurately do their