"As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job. So I have decided to leave the Post. I doubt my decision will cause much of a stir and that it will be dismissed because I’m just a cartoonist. But I will not stop holding truth to power through my cartooning, because as they say, “Democracy dies in darkness”."
echnaret on January 4th, 2025 at 16:37 UTC »
Some context, for anyone curious:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/04/washington-post-cartoonist-resigns-jeff-bezos
Ann Telnaes, a political cartoonist at the Washington Post, quit after her cartoon featuring Jeff Bezos (owner of the Post) was killed.
piperonyl on January 4th, 2025 at 16:43 UTC »
crazy how we don't just call this bribery
"donations"
farw1313 on January 4th, 2025 at 17:50 UTC »
Here's her substack: Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
"As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job. So I have decided to leave the Post. I doubt my decision will cause much of a stir and that it will be dismissed because I’m just a cartoonist. But I will not stop holding truth to power through my cartooning, because as they say, “Democracy dies in darkness”."