This cartoon by Dave Brown from The Independent relates to the arrest of five more senior Sun journalists over the weekend on suspicion of corruption and conspiracy—adding to the four former and current Sun employees arrested last month. Read more >>
The cartoon shows News Corp's chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch using the heads of Sun journalists as stepping stones as he walks across an icy lake. The suggestion seems to be that Murdoch is prepared to sacrifice the Sun staffers to ensure his own survival (the National Union of Journalists has accused Mr Murdoch of throwing his journalists to the wolves in an effort to save his company).
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To fully appreciate the cartoon, you need to know the metaphor/idiom 'to walk/skate on thin ice'. If you say that someone is walking (or skating) on thin ice, you mean that they are doing something risky which may have serious or unpleasant consequences.
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