Pulitzer-winning cartoonist quits as Washington Post rejects sketch showing Bezos, Zuckerberg bowing to Donald Trump
Live MintCartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned from The Washington Post this week after a submission was 'killed' due to her chosen topic. The award-winning artist said her rejected drawing had poked fun at at several billionaires including Jeff Bezos — the owner of Washington Post. “I’ve worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist. The group featured in the cartoon also included Facebook and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong and Mickey Mouse repping the Walt Disney Company and ABC News. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists issued a statement on Saturday accusing the Post of “political cowardice" and asking other cartoonists to post Telnaes' sketch with the hashtag #StandWithAnn in a show of solidarity.
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