The Post’s opinions editor, David Shipley, said in a statement that he disagreed with “her interpretation of events” and that his decision was “guided by the fact that we had just published a column on the same topic as the cartoon and had already scheduled another column — this one a satire — for publication. The only bias was against repetition.”
Since 2017, a few years after Bezos acquired the Post, its masthead has declared: Democracy Dies in Darkness. Indeed it does. And this is the second time in less than three months that one of America’s most storied newspapers has dimmed its own lights in betrayal to that lofty ethos.
A Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist revealed that she quit her job at The Washington Post after management axed her drawing of billionaires—including Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner—bending the knee to Donald Trump.
As Trump’s inauguration draws near, the financial oligarchy is more openly asserting its control over all aspects of society, including the so-called “free press.”
Ann Telnaes, an editorial cartoonist at The Washington Post since 2008, announced her resignation after one of her cartoons was rejected. The cartoon, which dep
The cartoon shows a group of media executives bowing before Trump while offering him bags of money, including Post owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
US cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize winner Ann Telnaes has left the Washington Post amid a dispute over one of her drawings critical of the newspaper's owner Jeff Bezos. Telnaes said the editorial team rejected a draft depicting Mark Zuckerberg,
Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote that her editor prevented her from doing the "critical job" of holding "powerful people and institutions accountable."
An award-winning political cartoonist for The Washington Post has announced her resignation after a cartoon depicting the newspaper's billionaire owner groveling before Donald Trump was rejected.
Seasoned Washington Post cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize winner Ann Telnaes resigned Friday after her latest cartoon, which showed media and tech