Washington Post cartoonist quits after drawing of Bezos, other billionaires with Trump rejected newsthirst.

Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes Courtesy of Ann Telnaes A Washington Post cartoonist has quit her role at the paper, saying that her bosses blocked publication of a satirical cartoon that depicted billionaires, including one resembling Post owner Jeff Bezos, kneeling before President-elect Donald Trump. Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, said in a blog post…

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Washington Post cartoonist quits after satire of Jeff Bezos is rejected newsthirst.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist has resigned from the Washington Post after the newspaper refused to publish a cartoon satirical of the paper’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos. Ann Telnaes, a long-time Washington Post cartoonist, created a cartoon of Mr Bezos and other tycoons kneeling before a statue of President-elect Donald Trump. Ms Telnaes announced her resignation…

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Jeff Bezos breaks silence on WaPo not endorsing a presidential candidate amid plummeting subscribers, resignations newsthirst.

Pushing a rare op-ed piece on Monday evening, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos held up the US news publication’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate ahead of the November 5 election. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the Amazon re:MARS convention in Las Vegas on June 6, 2019. (AP) The Amazon founder defended the…

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Ex-WaPo editor reveals Jeff Bezos’ ‘secret deal’ amid 2,000 canceled subscriptions over scrapped endorsement newsthirst.

Former Washington Post editor Robert Kagan who resigned Friday after Washington Post’s decision to not back Harris despite planned endorsement, claimed that Jeff Bezos, the paper’s billionaire owner, struck a secret “quid-pro-quo” deal with former President Donald Trump. The decision follows another leading newspaper, The LA Times, blocking support for Kamala Harris, which sparked mega…

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