A Washington Put up cartoonist introduced that she had stop the paper this week as a result of it rejected her cartoon of Amazon founder and Put up proprietor Jeff Bezos groveling to President-elect Trump.
Put up editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes wrote on her Substack web page Friday that she was resigning from the outlet, accusing it of spiking the cartoon as a result of it was essential of the billionaire.
Within the article, “Why I’m Quitting the Washington Put up,” Telnaes mentioned, “I’ve had editorial suggestions and productive conversations—and a few variations—about cartoons I’ve submitted for publication, however in all that point I’ve by no means had a cartoon killed due to who or what I selected to purpose my pen at. Till now.”
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A Washington Put up cartoonist introduced she was quitting the paper after it spiked her cartoon mocking Put up proprietor Jeff Bezos. ((Photograph by Karwai Tang/WireImage) ERIC BARADAT/AFP through Getty Photographs)
The cartoonist shared a tough draft of the unpublished cartoon, which depicted Bezos and different unspecified rich businessmen genuflecting and holding up luggage of cash to the incoming president. Prostrating on the ground subsequent to them was Mickey Mouse, apparently a illustration of Disney’s supposed subservience to Trump.
Telnaes defined her drawing, stating, “The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who’ve been doing their finest to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump.”
Regardless of a prickly relationship between the 2 over time, Bezos has expressed help for Trump following his 2024 election victory. Within the wake of Election Day, the Amazon proprietor instructed reporters he was “very optimistic” about Trump’s regulatory agenda.
Bezos lately pledged to donate $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund. He additionally had dinner with the incoming president at his Mar-a-Lago residence in December.Â
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Tech billionaires, together with Bezos and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, have been supportive of Trump since his Election Day victory. (Getty Photographs)
Bezos additionally made liberals, together with Put up workers, irate simply forward of the election by making the choice that the paper wouldn’t be making a presidential endorsement.
Different outstanding tech moguls have met with Trump within the months following his win, together with Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner.
Telnaes’ Disney reference seems to be a dig on the firm being cited as an element behind ABC Information’ latest $15 million settlement with Trump earlier this month.Â
In her Substack piece, Telnaes continued to proclaim her perception that the Put up squashed the cartoon due to its political level. She wrote, “To be clear, there have been cases the place sketches have been rejected or revisions requested, however by no means due to the perspective inherent within the cartoon’s commentary. That’s a sport changer…and harmful for a free press.”
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“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to carry highly effective individuals and establishments accountable. For the primary time, my editor prevented me from doing that essential job. So I’ve determined to go away the Put up,” she added.Â
Nonetheless, The Washington Put up Editorial Web page editor David Shipley – who admitted to creating the choice to spike it himself – denied her accusation that The Put up killed the cartoon for political causes, saying in a latest assertion that he did it to keep away from “repetition” of a narrative.
He mentioned, “Not each editorial judgment is a mirrored image of a malign pressure. My resolution was guided by the truth that we had simply printed a column on the identical subject because the cartoon and had already scheduled one other column — this one a satire — for publication. The one bias was in opposition to repetition.”
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Telnaes has not but responded to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.Â
Fox Information Digital’s Aubrie Spady and Aislinn Murphy contributed to this report.
