Political Cartoon. (News Skills).1. Who does the person sitting at the desk represent? _______ 2. On which recent event does his newspaper comment? ________ 3. What kind of chart does the one on the wall imitate? ______ 4. On the chart in the cartoon, what does "Code Orange" represent? _______ 5. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the cartoonist, what is currently happening to civil liberties in the U.S.? ________ Political cartoon This cartoonist uses satire (humor used to poke fun at to make a butt of; to ridicule. See also: Poke another's actions) to comment on events in the news. What is he saying? 1. A member of the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. 2. The raising of the nation's level of risk of terrorist attack to "Code Orange" 3. The Homeland Security Advisory System "HSAS" redirects here. For the rock band, see Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve. For the UK terror threat level system, see BIKINI state. In the United States, the Homeland Security Advisory System is a color-coded terrorism threat advisory scale. 4. A high risk of attack on civil liberties 5. The cartoon suggests that civil liberties are at a high risk of attack from government organizations. |
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