2mo ago

US cartoonist quits Washington Post over Trump, Bezos sketch – DW – 01/04/2025

www.dw.com US cartoonist quits Washington Post over Trump, Bezos sketch – DW – 01/04/2025

Illustrator Ann Telnaes has accused the Washington Post of censoring a cartoon in which she took aim at billionaire tech and media executives and their relationships with President-elect Donald Trump.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/51762853

World News @lemmy.ml

schizoidman @lemm.ee

2mo ago

US cartoonist quits Washington Post over Trump, Bezos sketch – DW – 01/04/2025

www.dw.com /en/us-cartoonist-quits-washington-post-over-trump-bezos-sketch/a-71217328

59 2

7 comments

Anyone got the sketch?
- Its in her substack linked in the article. Honestly, THIS is what gets censored? Kind of lame.
  https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post
  
  They argued that they were doing too many editorials about the same stuff... from a numbers perspective that might make sense, but if the news is what it is... 🤷
  
  Yeah, it’s just the headlines in the news… very lame.
- Here's the sketch.
  
  I think by rejecting it, they just made it more visible.
  
  In case you don't recognize them, the one on the pedestal is Trump and:
  The group in the cartoon included Mark Zuckerberg/Facebook & Meta founder and CEO, Sam Altman/AI CEO, Patrick Soon-Shiong/LA Times publisher, the Walt Disney Company/ABC News, and Jeff Bezos/Washington Post owner

7 comments