The other day, in discussing the new State of the Climate report and mentioning how it brought out the usual actors, I linked to an article in The Australian with the usual stream of denier comments and stupidness.

I noted that The Australian is indeed a Murdoch paper, though it’s hard to find his name attached to the publication on its websites.

Murdoch poisons everything and everywhere he goes, given his adeptness at exploiting hate in making money.

Anyway, The Australian is in the news today:

The Australian defends ‘insulting’ Bill Leak cartoon

One of Australia’s most prominent cartoonists is under fire for an unflattering drawing of an Indigenous man.

A Bill Leak cartoon published in The Australian newspaper on Thursday depicts an Aboriginal man who has forgotten his son’s name.

Indigenous groups said the cartoon was “ugly, insulting and embarrassing”.

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In the cartoon, a police officer is shown bringing an Indigenous child to his father, saying: “You’ll have to sit down and talk to your son about personal responsibility.”

The father, who is barefoot and holding a beer can, asks: “What’s his name then?”

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