Post #34226 by wzambon on the US Policy board

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Issued the following statement about Jeff Bezos’ decision to pull cartoon by Ann Teleas:

With the resignation of editorial cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize winner Ann Telnaes from The Washington Post, corporate billionaires once again have brought an editorial cartoon to life with their craven censorship in bowing to a wannabe tyrant. Her principled resignation illustrates that while the pen is mightier than the sword, political cowardice once again eclipses journalistic integrity at The Washington Post.

The AAEC condemns the Post and their ethical weakness. Editorial cartooning is the tip of the spear in opinion, and the Post’s cowering further soils their once-stellar reputation for standing up and speaking truth to power. We weep for the loss of this once great newspaper.

We request that all editorial cartoonists do a finished version of her rough and post it in solidarity with Ann’s brave and sadly necessary decision. Please use the hash tag #StandWithAnn. Tyranny ends at pen point. It thrives in the dark, and The Washington Post simply closed its eyes and gave in like a punch-drunk boxer.

— The AAEC Board of Directors

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Did they all re-cancel their Online WaPo subscriptions?

Also did the send flowers for Charlie Hebdo's gravesite? (The Sheeple Scouts did more to ol' Charlie than just writing him a letter)

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