WaPo staffer resigns after paper spikes cartoon that jabbed billionaires cozying to Trump
Raw StoryA political cartoonist for The Washington Post is quitting her job — and posted an explanation on Substack accusing the paper of censoring her mockery of billionaires, including the paper's owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. "I’ve worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist," wrote Ann Telnaes. "The group in the cartoon included Mark Zuckerberg/Facebook & Meta founder and CEO, Sam Altman/AI CEO, Patrick Soon-Shiong/LA Times publisher, the Walt Disney Company/ABC News, and Jeff Bezos/Washington Post owner," she noted. Her resignation comes amid controversy over Bezos stepping in to block the Post's editorial board from publishing a planned endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris — which led to a flurry of subscription cancelations and the resignation of several members of the editorial board.
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