Author: Brandon Rosenbloom

Does law trump ethics in Konopacki’s cartoon?

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Award-winning Political cartoonist Mike Konopacki has worked freelance at several newspapers across the Midwest. However, his job and his reputation are now in question. Konopacki was suspended from the Capital Times for six weeks and could potentially face a felony jail sentence after reproducing the letterhead of State Rep. Steve Nass and sending a phony press release to a Madison newspaper.

Konopacki created an exact replica of Rep. Nass’ letterhead and sent an extremely convincing press release to the Wisconsin Capitol Times. The phony press release requested that the Smithsonian Institute remove posters drawn from the protests at the Capitol in Madison.

Are media overhyping Lin?

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Is it possible to be a victim of too much media coverage? Ask New York Knicks rookie phenom Jeremy Lin–he’ll say Absolutely.

Over the past month, “Lin-Sanity” has swept the nation, mainly through ESPN’s most-watched program SportsCenter. Deadspin.com reported that any form of “Lin” or even “Super-Lin-Tendo” was dropped around 350 times last week, topping LeBron James, Tiger Woods, and even All-Star teammate Carmelo Anthony.