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A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist said she quit The Washington Post after her Jeff Bezos cartoon was killed


Published on 2025-01-04 10:00:47 - MSN
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  • Ann Telnaes said her cartoon aimed to criticize billionaire chief executives she said "have been doing their best to curry favor" with Donald Trump.

Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, announced her departure from The Washington Post after 35 years, citing editorial interference when her cartoon depicting Jeff Bezos was not published. The cartoon, which portrayed Bezos with a large nose and a speech bubble saying "I'm off to collect my $2 billion in dividends," was deemed by the Post's editorial team to potentially cross the line into antisemitic imagery, despite Telnaes' assurances that it was not intended as such. This incident, along with other instances where her work was edited or not published, led to her decision to leave, highlighting tensions over editorial control and freedom of expression at the newspaper.

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