Washington Post Kills a Cartoon, Cartoonist Resigns – Good for Her I’ve been impressed with the news coverage generated by cartoonist, Ann Telnaes’ impactful resignation from her gig at the Washington Post. Her resignation and statement made her point loudly and effectively about the disturbing influence that billionaires, who are sympathetic to Trump, like the WA Post’s Jeff Bezos and LA Times’ Patrick Soon-Shiong, have on media that we’ve traditionally been able to trust. Perhaps one resignation is worth a thousand cartoons. Too bad you can only resign once. Here is Ann’s drawing that the Post killed: From left, The Washington Post’s Jeff Bezos, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, The LA Times’ Patrick Soon-Shiong, Disney’s Mickey Mouse and Donald Trump. The Post’s editorial page editor claims he killed the cartoon because it has similar subject matter to an article he planned to print in the future, and not because of criticism of Trump and the Post’s billionaire owner (not an argument that seems to carry much weight with the cartoonists). Here are some of our recent cartoons about Bezos and the Post. |