Steve Breen’s Bob Filner Cartoon Defended By ADL
It's not a big story, but it's kind of an interesting side note: the regional Anti-Defamation League director whose area includes San Diego takes a look at charges of anti-Semitism in a Steve Breen cartoon and gives the cartoon a pass. Apparently the criticism came about during a time of sensitivity about criticisms of Mayor Bob Filner due to his Jewish background. I hadn't thought about how the nature of depictions of an embattled politician might change according to that specific act of public interest, in both positive and negative ways, but it makes total sense that it would.
