We pay you to write happy Iraq stories

Title: We pay you to write happy Iraq stories
Artist: Signe Wilkinson
Date:  September 22, 2008
Link: http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/IraqNews/1.asp
Issue: Soldiers are telling reporters and speechwriter of the White House to say only good things about Iraq and the war.
Key people: American soldiers, news reporters and U.S.A speechwriter.
Exaggeration: The cartoon shows how U.S. soldiers bribe reporters and speechwriters [...]

Five years in Iraq

Title: Iraq war five years on
Author: John Darkow
Date: September 18, 2008
Link: http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/Iraq5Years/main.asp
Questions:
Key people: U.S. soldiers, Shiites, and Sunni
Technique: Symbolism, Labeling, and Irony.
            -Symbolism: In this cartoon the artist uses coffins to represent the deaths that have happened in Iraq in five years, or the “loss” of money.