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Friday, February 28, 2014

Cartoons: Putin's Press

While looking for an example of how Russian President Putin controls information in his country, I came across this interesting site--Trust.org, sponsored by Thomson Reuters Foundation.  An article found at Trust, "Russian court puts Putin foe under house arrest, bars Internet use," speaks of just one dissident's arrest but gives enough information to see the extent of Putin's control.

Now for the cartoons--
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image: cartoon by Michael Ramirez
Michael Ramirez, US News
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image: cartoon by Dan Wasserman
Dan Wasserman, US News
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image: cartoon by Jack Ohman
Jack Ohman, US News
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image: cartoon by Scott Stantis
Scott Stantis, US News
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image: cartoon by Paul Combs
Paul Combs, US News
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-- Marge


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