A short CNN cartoon about how the two major US parties are unwilling to find middle ground has prompted an avalanche of mockery towards the network, for what many said was a gross oversimplification of American politics.
The video was released on Wednesday in the aftermath of the first US presidential debate, and featured the mascots of the Republican and Democratic parties – an elephant a donkey – sitting wide apart on a park bench. Next entered the character of ‘Elephonkey,’ an amalgam of the two mascots, representing the middle ground between US conservatives and liberals.
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