Source: News.com.au
An Indonesian paper decides "controversy" sells more papers than actually reporting the news. Hence, we see a cartoon of John Howard and Alexander Downer humping as a pair of sex-crazed dingoes.
An Indonesian newspaper has depicted John Howard and Alexander Downer as a pair of sex-crazed dingoes, in a new low point in the Papua visa row.
The cartoons are among an outpouring of nationalist outrage against Australia in Indonesia.
Last week the Australian Immigration Department granted temporary visas to 42 of the 43 Papuans who had landed at Cape York in January seeking asylum.
Today a former Indonesian intelligence director suggested that the unsuccessful refugee may have been an Australian-trained spy.
His claim is the latest barb directed at Canberra in the dispute.
This is just another case of "nationalism" gone too far. What happened to the days when papers actually reported the news instead of making it up themselves?
Journalism, in general, has went down the toilet and this is another clear-cut example of it. It's no wonder people are abandoning the printed press for free and often cutting-edge online coverage.
I have. Wouldn't you?
Tags: [controversial cartoon in Indonesia], [John Howard], [Alexander Downer], [a pair of sex-crazed dingoes], [Australia]
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