"Not every editorial judgment is a reflection of a malign force. My decision was guided by the fact that we had just published a column on the same topic as the cartoon..."

"... and had already scheduled another column — this one a satire — for publication. The only bias was against repetition."

Said David Shipley, The Washington Post opinions editor, quoted in "Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed/The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump" (NYT).

Here's the cartoon:

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What do you think — was it too edgy for them or simply too boring?

WaPo censored the anti-Bezos message

I believe Shipley — it was rejected as redundant of 2 recent columns

Not every cartoon is selected for publication and this one is just obvious and not good enough

Who can know the mind of WaPo?

 

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