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Summary Of The Political Cartoon 'The Media'
The political cartoon “The Media” by illustrator and graphic novelist Vincent Kao was drawn for the 2015 Paula F Pfeffer and Cheryl Johnson-Odim Political Cartoon Contest. The image portrays and criticizes the media’s bias and tendency to report matters differently due to race. The illustration depicts a news report of two boys who were shot by police, one who was an unarmed African American civilian, and the other a Caucasian murder suspect who are characterized differently through appearance and commentary. Kao uses both verbal and visual components which compare the depiction of individuals of different races to attack the media.

Kao uses polarizing verbal components to compare the shooting victims by applying statements which vilify
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