Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from The Washington Post after the paper rejected her artwork depicting Amazon founder Jeff Bezos groveling to President-elect Trump. This follows the Post’s decision not to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, which also led to several staffers quitting.
The Washington Post is in 'disarray' after a long-term cartoonist at the paper quit, Axios reporter Alex Thompson said Monday on CNN. Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes left the Post following the paper’s rejection of her artwork, which features Amazon founder and Post owner Jeff Bezos groveling to President-elect Trump. 'It shows what a different place the Washington Post is in comparison to the first Trump term.
The Washington Post, honestly, the first Trump administration was rocket fuel for the Washington Post. Now you're seeing it sort of in disarray. Not only the decision not to endorse but now this. You‘ve had a lot of people leave the Post and I think this Washington institution is in a very different place,' Thompson said. Telnaes, who has worked as a cartoonist for the Washington Post since 2008, announced via Substack she was quitting after the paper killed her cartoon, which depicted Bezos and other unspecified wealthy businessmen kneeling down and holding up bags of money to the incoming president. Mickey Mouse is shown bowing down to Trump on the floor next to them. WASHINGTON POST REPORTS LIBERALS ARE CANCELING SUBSCRIPTIONS OVER PAPER'S DECISION NOT TO ENDORSE VP HARRIS Prior to Election Day, Bezos stopped the Washington Post's editorial board from endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, causing several staffers to quit in protest. On Monday, CNN contributor Brad Todd said, 'What would be real courage is, if she quit because she had a conservative cartoon denied publication by her bosses, that would cause real courage.' 'She's going to be lionized by journalists everywhere, she’ll get an award from Columbia for this,' he added. 'When Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, all those people were giving money to Joe Biden in the last administration, was that the subject of a cartoon? No it was not. It was not. This is an ideological problem. The Post deserves i
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