Editorial Cartoonist Ann Telnaes
Courtesy of Ann Ternas
A Washington Post cartoonist has resigned from her position at the paper, saying her bosses blocked the publication of a satirical cartoon depicting billionaires, including one who resembles the Post boss Jeff Bezos kneels before President-elect Donald Trump.
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes said in a blog post on Friday that she quit newspaper After the drawing was rejected. Ternas wrote that this was the first time a Washington Post cartoon had been “killed because of someone or something I chose to target with my pen.”
A rough sketch of a cartoon posted on Telnaes’ Substack blog shows several men kneeling before a large man in a suit and long tie representing Trump. Ternas writes that these similarities are meta platform CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Los Angeles Times publisher Patrick Soon-Shiong and Bezos. Three men were holding bags of money. Also included is a drawing of the cartoon character Mickey Mouse, representing walt disneyof ABC News.
A caricature by Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes, who resigned after being rejected.
Courtesy of Ann Ternas
Telnaes told CNBC in an email that the graphic was rejected outright by the newspaper without any suggestions for possible changes.
Washington Post editorial page editor David Shipley said in a statement that the cartoon was rejected because of its similarity to the paper’s columns, not because of its target audience.
“I respect Ann Ternas and everything she has done for The Washington Post. But I must disagree with her interpretation of events. Not all editorial judgments reflect malicious forces. My decision is based on what we just One column was published on the same factual subject as the comic and arrangements were made for another column to be published – this being a satirical article – with the only bias being against repetition,” Shipley’s statement said.
The cartoonist’s departure comes amid controversy over how Trump was treated by media and business executives before and after the November election.
this washington post Bezos lashed out at the newspaper ahead of the presidential election for its planned support of Trump’s opponent, Kamala Harris, the report said. At the Los Angeles Times, Soon-Shiong also decided the paper should refuse any endorsement The presidential campaign resulted in the resignation of several editorial board members.
Meanwhile, ABC News settled its defamation lawsuit against Trump for $15 million, drawing criticism from some media law experts who said the news organization had a good case.
Bezos, Zuckerberg donate $1 million to Trump’s first fund through Project Meta The Wall Street Journal reported last monthHe is one of several billionaires who have met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago home since his election. Multiple media reported that OpenAI’s Ultraman also Donate $1 million to the Inaugural Fund.
senator. Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, weighing Comments on Telnaes’ resignation on the website Pay a lower tax rate than public school teachers.
Ternas’ departure is the latest of several internal reshuffles at The Washington Post. Publisher and CEO Will Lewis took over the paper last year and clashed with the newsroom over Reported by National Public Radio. Several of the paper’s top editors have departed since Lewis took over.
Ternas won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 2001.
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