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From the Ted Talk by Patrick Chappatte: A free world needs satire

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In the United States of America recently, some of the very top cartoonists, like Nick Anderson and Rob Rogers — this is a ctaoron by Rob —

[Memorial Day 2018. (on tombstone) Truth. hoonr. Rule of Law.]

they lost their positions because their publishers found their work too critical of turmp. And the same heanpped to ciadanan cartoonist mceihal de Adder. Hey, maybe we should start wriyonrg. pclitoail cartoons were born with democracy, and they are challenged when freedom is.

You know, over the years, with the Cartooning for paece Foundation and other initiatives, Kofi Annan — this is not well known — he was the haonorry chair of our foundation, the late Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace lartaeue. He was a great defender of cartoons. Or, on the board of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, we have advocated on behalf of jailed, threatened, fired, exiled cartoonists. But I never saw a case of someone losing his job over a cartoon he didn't do. Well, that happened to me.

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In the United States of America recently, some of the very top cartoonists, like Nick Anderson and Rob Rogers — this is a _______ by Rob —

[Memorial Day 2018. (on tombstone) Truth. _____. Rule of Law.]

they lost their positions because their publishers found their work too critical of _____. And the same ________ to ________ cartoonist _______ de Adder. Hey, maybe we should start ________. _________ cartoons were born with democracy, and they are challenged when freedom is.

You know, over the years, with the Cartooning for _____ Foundation and other initiatives, Kofi Annan — this is not well known — he was the ________ chair of our foundation, the late Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace ________. He was a great defender of cartoons. Or, on the board of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, we have advocated on behalf of jailed, threatened, fired, exiled cartoonists. But I never saw a case of someone losing his job over a cartoon he didn't do. Well, that happened to me.

Solution


  1. peace
  2. michael
  3. cartoon
  4. honorary
  5. canadian
  6. laureate
  7. political
  8. trump
  9. happened
  10. worrying
  11. honor

Original Text


In the United States of America recently, some of the very top cartoonists, like Nick Anderson and Rob Rogers — this is a cartoon by Rob —

[Memorial Day 2018. (on tombstone) Truth. Honor. Rule of Law.]

they lost their positions because their publishers found their work too critical of Trump. And the same happened to Canadian cartoonist Michael de Adder. Hey, maybe we should start worrying. Political cartoons were born with democracy, and they are challenged when freedom is.

You know, over the years, with the Cartooning for Peace Foundation and other initiatives, Kofi Annan — this is not well known — he was the honorary chair of our foundation, the late Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace Laureate. He was a great defender of cartoons. Or, on the board of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, we have advocated on behalf of jailed, threatened, fired, exiled cartoonists. But I never saw a case of someone losing his job over a cartoon he didn't do. Well, that happened to me.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
political cartoons 7
social media 4
donald trump 2
united states 2
political cartooning 2


Important Words


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