A Washington Post cartoonist announced this week that he was leaving the paper after the paper rejected a cartoon of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos bowing down to President-elect Trump.
Editorial cartoonist Ann Ternas wrote of her: substack page On Friday, she resigned from the outlet, saying it treated the comic too unfairly because it was critical of the billionaire.
In the article “Why I'm Leaving the Washington Post,'' Ternes said: “I've had feedback from editors, productive conversations, and some differences about the comics I've submitted for publication, but I've never done that before.” Manga was killed by someone who turned his pen towards him. ”
The Washington Post reported that liberals were canceling their subscriptions over the paper's decision not to support Vice President Harris.
A Washington Post cartoonist has announced he is leaving the paper after a cartoon ridiculing the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, was published. ((Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)
The cartoonist released a draft of an unpublished comic depicting Bezos and other unspecified wealthy businessmen holding up bags of money to the next president. Mickey Mouse, lying prostrate on the floor next to them, was clearly a sign of Disney's supposed subordination to Trump.
Explaining his drawing, Ternas said: “The slain caricature criticizes the billionaire tech and media chiefs who have done everything in their power to curry favor with President-elect Trump.” said.
Despite a long-standing rocky relationship between the two, Bezos has expressed support for Trump after his 2024 presidential election victory. Following Election Day, Amazon's owner told reporters he was “very optimistic” about President Trump's regulatory policies.
Bezos recently pledged to donate $1 million to President Trump's inaugural fund. He also had dinner with the president-elect at his Mar-a-Lago residence in December.
George Stephanopoulos did not mention ABC News' settlement with Trump's defamation lawsuit on his show Sunday.
Tech billionaires including Bezos and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg have supported Trump since his election day victory. (Getty Images)
Bezos also infuriated liberals, including postal workers, with the newspaper's decision not to endorse the president just before the election.
Other prominent tech figures include Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and Apple CEO Tim Cook. Trump's biggest names met with President Trump in the months after his victory.
Telnes' reference to Disney appears to be a criticism of the company, which ABC News cited as a factor in its $15 million settlement with Trump earlier this month.
In a post for Substack, Ternes continued to assert his belief that the Post trashed the comic for political reasons. “To be clear, there have been instances where sketches have been rejected or revisions requested, but never because of the unique perspective of comic book commentary. This is a game changer and a danger to a free press.” ” she wrote.
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“My job as an editorial cartoonist is to hold powerful people and institutions to account. For the first time, an editor prevented me from doing that important work. So I decided to leave my post. “I made it,” she added.
But David Shipley, editor of the Washington Post's editorial page, acknowledged that he had made the decision to publish the cartoon, but disputed her accusation that the paper removed it for political reasons. He denied it and said in a recent statement that it was to avoid “repetition” of the paper. story.
“Not all editorial decisions reflect malevolent forces,” he said. “My decision was based on the fact that I had just published a column on the same topic as the comic, and had already published another column — this time. “It was determined by the fact that it was intended to be a satire.” The only prejudice was against repetition. ”
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Ternes has not yet responded to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Fox News Digital's Aubrie Spady and Aislinn Murphy contributed to this report.
