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title: '...Well, who DID kill Cock Robin?'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-who-did-kill-cock-robin-1958/
description: A donkey and an elephant in archers' costumes, each with a bow and quiver, stand over a fallen bird labelled 'Adams' "Political usefulness"'.
section: Collection
---

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[![...Well, who DID kill Cock Robin?, 1958 US cartoon: A donkey and an elephant in archers' costumes, each with a bow](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-who-did-kill-cock-robin-1958.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-who-did-kill-cock-robin-1958.jpg)

# ...Well, who DID kill Cock Robin?

A donkey and an elephant in archers' costumes, each with a bow and quiver, stand over a fallen bird labelled 'Adams' "Political usefulness"', an arrow in its breast. The cartoon casts both parties as the possible killers of the bird, which is a bothsidesism-style framing; the technique fit is weak because the cartoon does not weigh the two parties' roles.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Bothsidesism](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bothsidesism/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ADAMS'
"POLITICAL
USEFULNESS"
JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR........
```

[← Tough year for fence mending!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/tough-year-for-fence-mending-berryman-1958/) [Epikaira Eikonografimena poster, October 1958 (Greek pictorial poster distributed in Greece) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/epikaira-eikonografimena-october-greek-1958/)

## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques

- ["The Right Man for the Right Place" (Currier, 1856)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/right-man-fillmore-1856/) (United States · 1856 · Name-calling, Bothsidesism)
- [A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/frank-statement-1954/) (United States · Jan 4, 1954 · Bothsidesism, Card stacking)
- [This series goes on and on and on](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-this-series-goes-on-and-on-and-on-1958/) (United States · Oct 11, 1958 · Bothsidesism)