The Guardian has apologised to the Jewish community and outgoing BBC Chairman Richard Sharp for a cartoon it published that has been described as “anti-Semitic.”
The drawing, by cartoonist Martin Rowson, was published on Saturday after Sharp resigned following a review that found he had broken the rules by failing to disclose his role in securing an £800,000 loan guarantee for former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The cartoon featured a depiction of Sharp with a box marked Goldman Sachs, where he used to work, which contained what appears to be a puppet of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, an animal that looks like a squid, and a CV—while a Johnson-like figure sits on money….