Washington Post cartoonist quits after cartoon satirizing Jeff Bezos is rejected

“I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at,” Ann Telnaes wrote. “Until now.”

Jan 5, 2025 - 09:00

Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes announced her resignation from The Washington Post, citing an editorial decision to scrap a cartoon that included Post owner Jeff Bezos bowing to President-elect Donald Trump.

Telnaes, in a statement posted to Substack Friday night, said that the Post’s decision to kill her cartoon was a “game changer” and warned that “trying to get in the good graces of an autocrat-in-waiting” threatens the function of the free press.

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