Sunday Times editor apologises over Israeli PM cartoon

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jan/29/sunday-times-editor-benjamin-netanyahu-cartoon

Martin Ivens says Gerald Scarfe 'crossed a line' with image of Israeli PM published on Holocaust Memorial Day

 

The acting editor of the Sunday Times has apologised  to Jewish community leaders for what he said was "a terrible mistake" in publishing a cartoon featuring Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which prompted a wave of anti-Semitism.

THE IMAGE = BELOW :

UK Jewish community, Martin Ivens said that cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, although renowned for being "consistently brutal and bloody" in his work, had "crossed a line" with the illustration published in the Sunday Times on Holocaust Memorial Day.

The cartoon, which depicted Netanyahu building a bloody wall entrapping the bodies of Palestinians, "was inexcusable".

 

Rupert Murdoch described the cartoon as "grotesque"

He tweeted : "Gerald Scarfe has never reflected the opinions of the Sunday Times. Nevertheless, we owe major apology for grotesque, offensive cartoon

 

 

The  Sunday Times tried to hold the line on its defence of the cartoon, but by Monday the row had escalated with the Israeli ambassador to the UK, Daniel Taub, condemning the paper

QVERVIEW :
Shows the criticism of the cartoonists in newspapers, perhaps this is downgrading newspapers further by showing the faults within them. The fact that they tried to hold its defence however it had spreaded instantly shows the fast pace of the media and the instant feedback and response that the media gets. The apology of Murdoch was on twitter once again emphasising the power and use of new and digital media to get across to a wide audience.