Obama Shoots Hoops
ERIC ALLIE
Eric Allie, editorial cartoonist for St. Paul’s Pioneer Press, published this cartoon on April 3, 2013. It plays on Obama’s love of basketball while making a point about how the press can slant a story to present the president in a favorable or unfavorable light.
Figure false: Eric Allie/Cagle Cartoons, Inc.
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