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Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed

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Jeff continues to influence editorial content at The Post.

Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The Washington Post, said on Friday evening that she was resigning after the newspaper’s opinions section rejected a cartoon depicting The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald J. Trump.

In a brief statement posted to Substack, Ms. Telnaes — who has worked at The Post since 2008 — called the newspaper’s decision to kill her cartoon a “game changer" that was “dangerous for a free press.”
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www.nytimes.com

Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed

The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump.
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This is the cartoon in question...

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Weird, so making a statement that besmirches the owner of the business you work for may not be seen as acceptable by some. Who knew?
 
Moon said:
Weird, so making a statement that besmirches the owner of the business you work for may not be seen as acceptable by some. Who knew?
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I can agree with that, he is entitled to do so...but also absolutely the legitimacy of pointing it out and making it public. There's consequences for both.
 
Lursa said:
I can agree with that, he is entitled to do so...but also absolutely the legitimacy of pointing it out and making it public. There's consequences for both.
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Absolutely. On the plus side, she wasn’t fired.
 
It’s a business decision for Jeff, he ought not be in the newspaper business if he can’t stand the heat.

I make Zuckerberg the top guy, who is the one with the lipstick?
 
Rexedgar said:
It’s a business decision for Jeff, he ought not be in the newspaper business if he can’t stand the heat.

I make Zuckerberg the top guy, who is the one with the lipstick?
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He's stuck now...he's vulnerable to mango MAGAt magnet and his upcoming "rule" He's now having to bow down as well. We're seeing the same from Bezos. Inviting himself to "dinner at Mar-A-Lago."
 
Moon said:
Absolutely. On the plus side, she wasn’t fired.
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Yep. OTOH if she tried again she probably would have been and that was probably made pretty clear to her from her bosses.
 
Lursa said:
Yep. OTOH if she tried again she probably would have been and that was probably made pretty clear to her from her bosses.
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That would be my assumption as well.
 
countryboy said:
Another lib becomes enemy #1 to the American Marxists for daring to stray, ever so slightly, from the Party line.
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I was a Bezos fan in the 1990s, when he was just barely getting by. He seemed a little nerdy and unassuming. With his stint as top money dog in the world, (2018-2021,) he started believing his own myth. A perfect example of what money can do……
 
Rexedgar said:
It’s a business decision for Jeff, he ought not be in the newspaper business if he can’t stand the heat.

I make Zuckerberg the top guy, who is the one with the lipstick?
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I think they are from tallest to shortest: Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, and Vivek (the one holding the lipstick).

And of course Mickey Mouse prostrating himself where you can't see his face because Disney has all the lawyers in the world and isn't afraid to sue.
 
eman623 said:
I think they are from tallest to shortest: Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, and Vivek (the one holding the lipstick).

And of course Mickey Mouse prostrating himself where you can't see his face because Disney has all the lawyers in the world and isn't afraid to sue.
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Disney wouldn't be able to sue for a cartoonist's depiction of Mickey Mouse. Fair use and all that.
 
Allan said:
Disney wouldn't be able to sue for a cartoonist's depiction of Mickey Mouse. Fair use and all that.
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They might not be able to win, but the can definitely sue.

Knowing Disney, there's probably a hidden clause in the Disney+ subscription contract forbidding making any representation of the Mouse even as parody. 😲
 
j brown's body said:
It did before when the editorial board had independence. But not so much now.
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Not really. Kind of dumb for anyone to attack the person who signs their paycheck. Wouldn’t surprise me if she already had another gig lined up somewhere before she made the cartoon.
 
Moon said:
Not really. Kind of dumb for anyone to attack the person who signs their paycheck. Wouldn’t surprise me if she already had another gig lined up somewhere before she made the cartoon.
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No one's arguing its validity. That's important for a legitimate news organizations credibility. The owner should put the product, not his thin skin, first.
 
j brown's body said:
No one's arguing its validity. That's important for a legitimate news organizations credibility. The owner should put the product, not his thin skin, first.
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You mean, Bezos should step in line and do what he's told.

It looks like The Party is losing it's grip on some of it's key lackeys. Zuckerbucks is showing signs of deviating from The Party as well.
 
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