Ann Telnaes, WaPo editorial cartoonist, quits after censorship

I wonder how much money Telnes thinks she l0st by resigning. When Telnes won the Pulitzer Prize back in 2001 she was working for Tribune Media Services. I am pretty sure while she was syndicated but not working at the Tribune. I think the Washington Post was the first paper she actually worked for.

While the syndication market is not what it once was I wonder if she thinks she can make enough of syndication to recover some of her lost income. I acknowledge in today's economic environment she may be delusional,

 

Bye, Telnicia. Lots of others will work (and work well) without fee-fees hurt.

 

Mr. Democracy Dies in Darkness opened wide for Trump because he was worried that it could impact his day job. Her sin was deciding to draw about it.

 

Are you serious, and who cares? Visual artists have many avenues for their talents if newspaperin' don't work out.

She'll do fine. Money hardly ever is the top priority for true, creative talent. And she probably can retire now anyway.

 

More deluded cartoonists, actually believing that talk about journalism's watchdog role instead of treating it like the marketing slogan it is. When will they learn?
With gratitude

 

I'm not a cartoonist but I do believe in "that talk about journalism's watchdog role." Otherwise, what's the point?

 

I posted this on Politics, but it belongs here, too ...

A visual essay from Ann Telnaes: The canaries aren't doing well

 

I believe in the watchdog role, too. Woulda liked some watchdoggin' in, say, 2023, related to Biden's competence, so there could have been a real primary.

Sadly, the watchdog turned into the equivalent of the recruiting site reporters who, the day the coach is fired, let their readers know they aren't remotely surprised based on the stuff they knew but never reported.

Seriously: It's probably time for political reporters to be apolitical. To not vote. To basically vow to be equal-opportunity antagonists. You just can't call what happened in 2022, 2023 and early 2024 watchdog work. George Clooney was more incisive.

 

As do I. The blue font was once a sign the text within was sarcasm, though perhaps that convention has been too long out of fashion.

 

Woulda liked some watchdoggin' in, say, 2024, related to Trump's competence and past actions.

 

Nice thought about not voting. Unfortunately, Trump is going to scare more than a few into Zuckerberg/Bezos territory.

 

Ah my bad. I’ve been around long enough to remember the blue font, but in my haste I thought it was a link and no way was I clicking that.
My apologies for mis-reading your post!