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Obama Photo Preceded Cartoon Of Gunned Down Chimp
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... by Sean Delonas, saying that it "is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy."
Inside the paper, however, the mood is much less defiant. An employee of the paper told the Huffington Post that the phones have been ringing incessantly with complaints from readers and the general public. "As they f---ing should be," said the employee.
Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that "many Post staff members were dismayed by the cartoon." ...
Obama Photo Preceded NY Post Cartoon Of Gunned Down Chimp
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... by Sean Delonas, saying that it "is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy."
Inside the paper, however, the mood is much less defiant. An employee of the paper told the Huffington Post that the phones have been ringing incessantly with complaints from readers and the general public. "As they fucking should be," said the employee.
Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that "many Post staff members were dismayed by the cartoon." ...
The New York Post makes its case for a post-racial America
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... At least we know there are a few human beings in the NYP newsroom; there’s apparently a good deal of turmoil over this garbage: ...
NY Post's Racist Stimulus Cartoon Raises Concerns About Jon Favreau's Sexism
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... nothing more than a publicity opportunist." Sexist Photo: Obama Speechwriter Gropes Breast of Hillary Cut-out Obama Remains Silent About Speechwriter Jon Favreau's Misogyny: Links CNN All-Male Panel Says Favreau's Sexism Is No Big Deal; Carville Disses New Agenda New York Post Chimp Cartoon Compares Stimulus Author To Dead Primate ‘The Dumb Monkey Who Wrote the Stimulus Bill Is Finally Dead.’ Ha? Chimp-Stimulus Cartoon Raises Racism Concerns Sometimes a Monkey Is Just ...
Does this mean we can't start referring to America as a banana republic?
Jim Treacher's Blog That Is on the Internet —
Does this mean we can't start referring to America as a banana republic? delonas.jpg Guess we don't need to worry about Al Sharpton needing to find gainful employment for want of ...
Cartoon accused of racism
Clareified —
... Personally, I don’t see it. Well, at least not in the cartoon…I do however, wonder about the critics who see a dead bullet ridden monkey and think it must be a black man. Oh, wait…one of them is Governor Paterson…makes sense he would see racism here…all he sees is black. ...
Racism imagined; antisemitism ignored
Yourish.com —
... However the City Room blog at the New York Times took this rather seriously and titled a post, Chimp-Stimulus Cartoon Raises Racism Concerns. The Times’s bloggers gathered up the reactions of every single prominent critic of the cartoon they could find and even threw in an expert opinion for good measure: ...
Weekend Opinionator: A Nation of Cowards, Stimulus-Wielding Chimps and Hip-Hop Republicans
Opinionator —
... , which the Rev. Al Sharpton, Gov. David Paterson and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, among others, found racially offensive . Joe Gandelman at the Moderate Voice did ...
Oliphant now terror propagandist
Yourish.com —
... Well actually that wasn’t what bothered the editors at the Times. What bothered them a few weeks ago was a cartoon depicting police officers shooting a chimpanzee, who was blamed for the stimulus bill. The editors of the Times were concerned that the chimpanzee might have been representative of President Obama and was therefore racist. In fact it’s clear that the editors viewed the cartoon as racist for they even got a statement from Al Sharpton confirming the nature of the cartoon. ...
