Editorial comic artist Ann Telnaes
Courtesy of Ann Telnaes
A Washington Post comic artist has actually stopped her duty at the paper, claiming that her employers obstructed magazine of a ridiculing animation that illustrated billionaires, consisting of one looking like Post proprietor Jeff Bezos, stooping prior to President- choose Donald Trump.
Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize- winning comic artist, claimed in an article Friday that she quit the paper after an illustration was denied. This was the very first time at the Post that an anime was “killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at,” Telnaes composed.
A draft of the animation, released on Telnaes’ Substack blog site, reveals numerous males stooping prior to a bigger guy putting on a fit and a lengthy connection, standing forTrump Telnaes composed that the similarities are of Meta Platforms CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Sam Altman, Los Angeles Times Publisher Patrick Soon-Shiong, andBezos Three of the males are holding bags of cash. Also consisted of is an illustration of animation personality Mickey Mouse, standing for Walt Disney‘s ABC News.
Satirical illustration by Washington Post comic artist Ann Telnaes, that surrendered after it was denied.
Courtesy of Ann Telnaes
The illustration was denied by the paper outright, without any tips for prospective adjustments, Telnaes informed in an e-mail.
David Shipley, Washington Post content web page editor, claimed in a declaration that the animation was denied due to its resemblance to columns at the paper, not due to that it targeted.
“I respect Ann Telnaes and all she has given to The Post. But I must disagree with her interpretation of events. Not every editorial judgment is a reflection of a malign force. My decision was guided by the fact that we had just published a column on the same topic as the cartoon and had already scheduled another column – this one a satire – for publication. The only bias was against repetition,” Shipley’s declaration claimed.
The comic artist’s separation comes in the middle of dispute concerning exactly how media and company execs have actually been dealing with Trump, both prior to and after the November political election.
The Washington Post reported that Bezos increased an intended recommendation of Trump challenger Kamala Harris by the paper in advance of the governmental political election. At the Los Angeles Times, Soon-Shiong likewise made a decision that the paper ought to withhold any endorsement in the governmental race, stimulating the resignation of numerous content board participants.
ABC News, at the same time, cleared up a character assassination legal action with Trump for $15 million, which attracted objection from some media regulation professionals that assumed the wire service had a solid instance.
Bezos and Zuckerberg, with Meta, prepared to give away $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund, the Wall Street Journal reported last month, and have actually been amongst numerous billionaires to consult with Trump at his home in Mar- a-Lago because his political election win. Multiple electrical outlets have actually reported that OpenAI’s Altman is likewise donating $1 million to the commencement fund.
Sen Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, weighed in on Telnaes’ resignation on X, claiming the animation was “worth a share”: “Big Tech executives are bending the knee to Donald Trump and it’s no surprise why: Billionaires like Jeff Bezos like paying a lower tax rate than a public school teacher.”
Telnaes’ separation is the current of numerous interior overhauls at thePost Publisher and CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Will Lewis took control of the paper in 2014 and has actually encountered the newsroom, asreported by NPR Several leading editors at the paper have actually left because Lewis took control of.
Telnaes won the Pulitzer Prize for content cartooning in 2001. She composed in her blog site that she had actually helped the Post because 2008.
