Stuart Leavenworth: Again, a cartoonist sparks a national conversation

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I'm proud that we published Ohman's cartoon, and equally pleased to see editorials, cartoons and a recent outpouring of personal notes and emails in support of the stand we took. That said, it is also important to recognize the unforeseen impact cartoons can have, because, as Navasky puts it, "they speak in image language other than words."

And we learned three things about Perry during this episode:

1) He knows how to rile up his base.

2) He is clever at deflecting attention.

3) Hmmm … I can't seem to remember the third one.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/05/5393838/again-a-cartoonist-sparks-a-national.html#storylink=cpy



http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/05/5393838/again-a-cartoonist-sparks-a-national.html

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2. Linked article is behind a pay-wall

Please don't post to links that require people to subscribe to a newspaper to read the article.

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4. I didn't find that so. I clicked on the link and took me right to it.

And I most definitely don't subscribe to the SacBee.

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5. My fault

I had added a link to Caller time that is a subscribe

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6. It didn't work the first time I tried it but now it does.

I dunno, I promise it asked me to subscribe the first time I tried the link. Maybe the paper made that article available without subscription if it saw a lot of clicks going to it. They'll be better off telling advertisers about clicks than getting a 9.95 subscription or two.