A media watchdog has ruled that a cartoon of tennis star Serena Williams which attracted global condemnation after being published by Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper was not in breach of the Australian Press Council's standards of practice. The depiction of Williams by cartoonist Mark Knight last September showed her reacting angrily to her loss to Naomi Osaka in the final of the US Open. Williams is depicted with her mouth open wide, hands in fists and jumping above a broken tennis racket and a baby's pacifier. JAIME LAWSON/GETTY IMAGES The cartoon referred to an incident during the tennis grand slam final between Serena Williams and Japan's Naomi Osaka. The Herald Sun said the cartoon used "satire, caricature, exaggeration, and humour" to depict an event of public interest.

Source: Stuff February 25, 2019 06:00 UTC