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NEWS ABOUT: editorial cartoons

editorial cartoons stories: 10 news summaries

(Newser) - An editorial cartoon depicting Sonia Sotomayor strung up as a piñata has sparked a minor outcry, the Huffington Post reports. Published in the right-leaning Oklahoman yesterday, it shows Obama in a sombrero inviting the GOP to take a whack at the Supreme Court nom. “She’s of... More »

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racism • editorial cartoons • Oklahoma • controversy • Sonia Sotomayor

OPINION

 Misguided Cartoonist  
 Has 'Right to Fail': Parker 

Image was easily misread, but it's just a cartoon

Feb 25, 09 9:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The New York Post cartoon that has Al Sharpton up in arms was poorly thought out, to be sure, writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. It "was offensive for reasons unrelated to race," she argues, but it’s important to remember that “outrage is out of... More »

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free speech • New York Post • First Amendment • racism • editorial cartoons • chimpanzees • cartoonist • economic stimulus package • Doug Marlette • Sean Delonas

 Murdoch Sorry for Cartoon 

Says it was only intended to mock stimulus

Feb 24, 09 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch eats some crow today, with a short statement in the New York Post apologizing for the now-infamous chimpanzee cartoon. “I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused,” Murdoch writes. “The only intent of that... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • New York Post • race relations • racism • editorial cartoons • chimpanzees • News Corp

NAACP Demands Firing of Post Cartoonist

Controversy continues as NAACP threatens News Corp. boycott

Feb 22, 09 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - NAACP leaders demanded the firing of the artist and editor responsible for the New York Post's controversial cartoon, reports CNN. Black leaders say the image draws on historically racist imagery by comparing President Obama to a chimpanzee. The NAACP has threatened boycotts of the Post and other News Corp. affiliates... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Post • editorial cartoons • chimpanzees • NAACP • News Corp

 Post Apologizes for Cartoon 

Paper apologizes, to some, over cartoon many called racist

Feb 19, 09 10:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The New York Post has apologized—to almost everyone—for the editorial cartoon that sparked protests and accusations of racism. "It was meant to mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill," an editorial says, acknowledging that the cartoon chimp was taken by some as a racist depiction of... More »

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New York Post • racism • cartoon • editorial cartoons • chimpanzees • economic stimulus package

(Newser) - Hundreds of protesters led by the Rev. Al Sharpton assembled outside the New York Post’s headquarters today to condemn the paper's now-infamous chimpanzee cartoon, Newsday reports. Protesters called for a boycott and vowed to return tomorrow. They insist it's a racist slam against President Obama, while the... More »

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Al Sharpton • New York Post • protests • racism • cartoon • editorial cartoons • chimpanzees • economic stimulus package • President Obama • Col Allan

  Bin Laden Threatens Europe 

He says cartoons of Muhammad part of crusade against Islam

Mar 19, 08 8:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden threatened Europe today with "severe" retaliation over the publication of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, the AP reports. The audio recording of bin Laden surfaced on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, though he made no mention of it, and a day before the Muslim... More »

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Islam • European Union • publishing • editorial cartoons • Osama bin Laden • Islamic extremism • freedom of press • religious conflict • Danish Mohammed cartoons • Iraq war

Political Cartoons No Longer Front and Center

Power of the pen left behind in 20th century

Mar 1, 08 8:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Political cartoons remain, but they lost front page power and heft long ago, says U.S. News & World Report. Cartoonists like Thomas Nast could once sway elections—Ulysses S. Grant credited Nast's pencil to helping him win the presidency—but the ranks of full-time pen-and-paper satirists have thinned... More »

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newspaper • politics • John F. Kennedy • presidential politics • Richard Nixon • magazine • editorial cartoons • Doonesbury • Abraham Lincoln • Thomas Nast • Ulysses Grant • Gary Trudeau

Mohammed Cartoon Goes on the Market

Artist, in hiding, calls
drawing  'a symbol of freedom of expression'

Mar 1, 08 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Kurt Westergaard, the artist behind the most controversial of the Danish cartoons that sparked fierce Muslim protest in 2005, is looking to sell his drawing. The sketch of Mohammed with a bomb in his turban has sent Westergaard into hiding, under police protection, and potential buyers may be scared off... More »

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protests • editorial cartoons • Mohammed • Denmark • turbans • Danish Mohammed cartoons • Kurt Westergaard

Cartoonist Killed in Car Crash

Kudzu creator Doug Marlette dead at 57

Jul 11, 07 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and creator of Kudzu died yesterday when a car he was riding in hydroplaned in heavy rain and crashed into a tree in Mississippi. Doug Marlette, 57,  worked for a series of newspapers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and was known for his dead-on caricatures... More »

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obituary • cartoon • editorial cartoons • cartoonist • traffic fatalities

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