Where do they get this trash from?

" Mr. Navasky spends a good deal of time discussing the work of the valiant cartoonists at work in Muslim countries, where satire can still lead to beatings, imprisonment or worse.". In fact, political cartoonists in Egypt and Lebanon have been celebrated for over a century and Bashshar Al-Asad felt the need to befriend Ali Farzat who only became vocally critical of the Asad dictatorship when Bashshar ended the friendship.