Dave Brown (born 4 December 1957)
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'' newspaper in London.
Brown began his career at ''The Sunday Times
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'' in 1989, working for other publications before joining ''The Independent
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'' in 1998.
Controversy
Brown became well known for his cartoon of former Israel
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i Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
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S ...
as a "Monster eating Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
babies" in a paraphrase on '' Saturn Devouring One of his Children'', a grotesque painting done by Francisco de Goya
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in 1819. For this cartoon, Brown won the 2003 Political Cartoon of the Year award, presented by the former cabinet minister Clare Short
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on 25 November 2003 at the headquarters of ''The Economist
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'' in London
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.
After it received numerous complaints, the Press Complaints Commission
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(PCC) decided that the cartoon did not breach its code.
See also
*Media coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict
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*Carlos Latuff
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References
External links
"Saturn Devouring One of his Children" by Francisco de Goya
British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
1957 births
British cartoonists
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
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