Hack Cartoons Diary

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(This image cross-posted at Tribune.)

UPDATED: 11am. Response to Gaza strikes from the US

UPDATED: Noon. Digital observations from inside Gaza

Steve Jobs health update

While one applauds Charlie Brooker’s intent, I’m not sure my next door-neighbour, Spike, will be up for the bath-sharing idea. Thus, stiff upper lippy all round.

UPDATED 15.30: from the Telegraph on corporate debts due to be paid this year

Visual journalism from Paddy Allen at the Guardian

Published at Channel 4 News

The year 2008 reviewed in cartoons

Via the FT - a story about the Conservative Party attempting to gather online support.

And in a spirit of what the Americans call bipartisanship (or allowing everone to laugh at both sides), here’s a daft story about Labour’s attitude to the web. Culture Secretary Andy Burnham suggests all ‘web sites’ should have a cinema-style age rating to help prevent the corruption of young minds and so on. This story via the Guardian.

It’s difficult to know where to start with dissecting the uninformed nature of Burnham’s kite-flying but the blogging minister and, MP for West Bromwich East, Tom Watson’s comments facility might give you a good place to start. Clearly, there are things which Mr Burnham does not understand. I do hope he can listen and learn.

You’ll recall, the IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) ran into a problem along these lines recently.

Give them a walking robot pencil sharpener.

Best wishes for 2009.

Cover cartoon on a recession at Christmas. Image cross posted at Tribune