Ann Telnaes, a cartoonist for the Washington Post, resigned after the newspaper rejected a sketch depicting media executives, including Jeff Bezos, bowing to President-elect Donald Trump. Telnaes argued that the cartoon was intended to criticize the influence of wealthy tech and media figures on the incoming administration and accused the Post of censoring her work. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists condemned the Post's decision as 'political cowardice' and called for solidarity with Telnaes.
A Washington Post cartoonist has resigned his position after the newspaper rejected a sketch of owner Jeff Bezos bowing to President-Elect Donald Trump .
Telnaes wrote that the cartoon was intended to criticize “billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump.” Several executives, Bezos among them, have been spotted at Trump’s Forida club Mar-a-Lago. She accused them of having lucrative government contracts and working to eliminate regulations.
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists issued a statement Saturday accusing the Post of “political cowardice” and asking other cartoonists to post Telnaes’ sketch with the hashtag #StandWithAnn in a show of solidarity. He said he decided to nix the cartoon because the paper had just published a column on the same topic as the cartoon and was set to publish another.
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