Daryl Cagle's Political Cartoon Analysis

With presidential elections drawing closer, the media are beginning their coverage of the political candidates. The media however do not focus on political candidates that are actually talking about important problems. They cover the politicians that are constantly talking about things that need to be changed but do not need immediate action. This political cartoon by Daryl Cagle is portraying the ridiculous coverage the media gives to certain candidates. In the image, all the press are focusing on Donald Trump asking him to make ridiculous statements similar to the ones he has already made such as his views on immigration or his insults about other politicians. The cartoon was posted during the presidential primaries and the …show more content…
This political cartoon uses one picture to make its point. The picture relies mostly on visual elements; however, it uses some text to better make Cagle’s point. The text gives the viewer an insight into the reporters’ thoughts and the things that Donald Trump has said throughout his campaign. This text gives the cartoon a subtle message, but is meant mostly to be entertaining. This illustration is mostly comical which makes the message not as forthright. This picture features some caricatures of Donald trump, the media, and an elephant in a suit symbolizing the Republican candidate. The artist uses caricatures that exaggerate some features of the candidates and the media to make it more comical, but not too much which would distract viewers from the subtle message in the cartoon. The cartoon explicitly refers to the media and Donald Trump by using pictures of them. The cartoon also implicitly refers to the Republican candidate by using an elephant in a suit. The author uses this illustration to display to the people that the ideals and ideas of Donald Trump don't represent the republican party as a whole. However, the media and the American people are just interested in what he does wrong. As an audience, we the American people should view this cartoon as a way of telling us to quit obsessing over one person's ideas and ideals when the party as a whole may not be on the same page as the candidate. All these things would speak to most Americans who have at least a slight knowledge of politics and the political candidates. Daryl Cagle effectively uses rhetoric to make the point about unfair media coverage which can be understood by most