Wednesday, January 08, 2025

Even more Ann Telnaes' supporting cartoons

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and has another post of supporting cartoons:

More cartoon renditions: Or should I have used the word "repetition"?
Ann Telnaes
Open Windows Jan 8 2025          
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/more-cartoon-renditions

DD Degg has updated his post with more cartoons.

Dozens of Cartoonists (So Far) Stand With Ann Telnaes – Update
D. D. Degg January 7, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/07/dozens-of-cartoonists-so-far-hashtag-stand-with-ann-telnaes/

And here's some others:

Kissing The Ring: A cartoon in solidarity with Ann Telnaes
Jason Chatfield
New York Cartoons Jan 8 2025
 https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/kissing-the-ring

Alex Bowman's cartoon at Counterpoint

This article notable only for Ann's confirmation of the date of the submission of the cartoon as Dec. 19th:

Washington Post Cartoonist Quits Over Rejected Sketch of Trump and Bezos
Ann Telnaes said the editorial decision prevented her from being able to "hold powerful people and institutions accountable."
Rhea Nayyar
Hyperallergic January 7 2025


Of course, even more slobbery acts of bootlicking have taken place since then, some in recent days. Most of you have probably heard about my colleague Ann Telnaes quitting The Washington Post because the paper refused to publish her cartoon of owner Bezos and other billionaires genuflecting before Trump. The opinions editor stated that the cartoon was rejected because the paper had a couple columns on the subject already (which sounds like a weaselly rationalization to me since this sort of thing happens all the time, and they could have just held the cartoon for a week).

Ann took a clearly principled stand here, and the story has generated enormous negative publicity for the Post. When the dust settles, though, I'm afraid the larger project of turning the paper into a Rupert Murdoch-style entity will simply continue, angry readership be damned.

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