Cartoonist banned from Facebook for obscene Gillard pic


Cartoonist Larry Pickering has been banned from Facebook over a lewd drawing of the Prime Minister.
Pickering, who shot to prominence as a cartoonist for several newspapers, told Facebook fans he couldn't post for three days.

The source of the grief is a cartoon, still live on his blog, featuring a naked Julia Gillard talking about the carbon tax.

The picture was far too obscene and offensive to post on a family website.

In the snap, Gillard is pictured bending over and holding the hand of a much smaller Penny Wong, and telling punters: "You'll wake up on July 1st and nothing will have changed."

The couple, trying to escape the towering PM, says: "Mmm... not even the f---ing temperature... come on dear."

The cartoon has been doing the rounds for some months, but in response to his ban, Pickering posted last night: "Facebook's taken me off air for 3 days. Means I can't post for a while

"Complaints again from the arrogant Left here on Facebook."

Some of the comments are just as offensive, but like we said, this is a family website.

http://www.news.com.au/national/cartoonist-banned-from-facebook-for-obscene-gill...


Here is another that has not been removed, to show how low the right have gone.

Alan Jones 'breached broadcast laws'


SYDNEY radio host Alan Jones has been found to have breached broadcast laws over comments he made about climate change.

But the broadcasting watchdog said his remarks about Prime Minister Julia Gillard, though "disrespectful and disparaging", didn't breach the radio code of conduct.

Complaints were made in August last year after Jones told listeners Ms Gillard and Greens leader Bob Brown should be put in a chaff bag and dumped at sea.

The Australian Communications Media Authority (ACMA) today ruled the remarks didn't incite violence or brutality.

"While Mr Jones made very disrespectful and disparaging comments about the Prime Minister and others in public office ... they did not amount to a breach of the prohibitions," the watchdog said in a statement.


In a separate investigation, ACMA also looked into remarks made by Jones on March 15 last year when he told listeners on his breakfast show that "Human beings produce .001 per cent of carbon dioxide in the air."

ACMA found Jones had breached the code of practice when he made no effort to check his claims and 2GB needed to improve its processes for fact-checking or face a licence condition.

"The authority found that this was presented as a statement of fact, it was not substantiated by the licensee and there was no evidence that reasonable efforts had been taken to ensure that it was reasonably supportable," said ACMA chairman Chris Chapman.

It also found that 2GB had, on several occasions, failed to comply with the codes' complaints-handling provisions.

Harbour Radio Pty Ltd, the licensee of Sydney radio station 2GB, said it would conduct a review into its compliance processes.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/alan-jones-breached-broadcast...

____ wrote on Jun 15^th, 2012 at 12:39pm:


This is why there currently is a push to have a media watch dog.

ACMA is an absolute smacking joke

And as we see day in, day out, time after time self regulation DOES NOT WORK PERIOD.

People bitch about Sanderlands(vile pig that he is) but he has never incited racial violence or threatened a public official.

This fat pillow biter has done both & got away scott free

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are both bad.

You are forgetting that millions of Australians want this evidence of the faceless men, political corruption, bribery, graft and organized crime fully investigated.

... wrote on Jun 15^th, 2012 at 12:35pm:

Coming out of the closet?

... wrote on Jun 15^th, 2012 at 1:33pm:

Sorry pawn but that is pretty gay.