Cartoonist Quits Bezos-Owned ‘Washington Post’ in Censorship Protest
Cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from the Washington Post after it refused to publish a cartoon satirizing its owner, Jeff Bezos.
Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper pulls her cartoon depicting Post owner Bezos groveling to Trump
Washington Post editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes recently announced she was quitting the paper after it spiked her cartoon critical of Post owner Jeff Bezos.
Prominent Cartoonist Quits Washington Post After Editors Kill Caricature of Trump and Bezos
The Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Ann Telnaes has quit The Washington Post after her editors rejected a cartoon depicting billionaires genuflecting to President-elect Trump. Telnaes says it was the first time since she began her work at the newspaper in 2008 that she had a cartoon killed because of who or what she chose to aim her pen at.
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The Post’s opinions editor, David Shipley, said in a statement that he disagreed with “her interpretation of events” and that his decision was “guided by the fact that we had just published a column on the same topic as the cartoon and had already scheduled another column — this one a satire — for publication. The only bias was against repetition.”
A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist said she quit The Washington Post after her Jeff Bezos cartoon was killed
Ann Telnaes said her cartoon aimed to criticize billionaire chief executives she said "have been doing their best to curry favor" with Donald Trump.
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Erik Wemple didn't pull any punches during a live chat session with readers when asked about the controversial decision to scrap the cartoon, which led Pulitzer Prize winner Ann Telnaes to resign.
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Cartoonist resigns after Washington Post axes cartoon criticizing paper’s owner
Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned from The Washington Post after the paper refused to publish her satirical cartoon criticizing owner Jeff Bezos and other tech titans for trying to curry favor with President-elect Donald Trump.
Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper rejects sketch of Jeff Bezos bowing to Donald Trump
A Washington Post cartoonist says she has decided to quit after editors rejected her sketch of the newspaper's owner and other media executives bowing to President-elect Donald Trump.
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Last week, the Washington Post, censored a political cartoon by Pulitzer Prize winner Ann Telnaes. It depicted Jeff Bezos, the Amazon billionaire and owner of the Post, and four others, bowing down to ...