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Breaking: NY Post 'Apologizes' for Chimp Cartoon
Politics Daily —
... After internal discord, thousands of phone calls to the newsroom, canceled subscriptions and a demonstration in front of their building today, the NY Post has posted what it is calling an apology - or what passes for apologies anymore. A "we're sorry you're offended" apology for the cartoon ...
NY Post Apologizes for Editorial Cartoon
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... The newspaper claims the illustration was "meant to mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill." ...
Post apologizes
Ben Smith's Blog —
Or at least, this editorial is as close to an apology as I've ever seen from the New York Post:
Wednesday's Page Six cartoon - caricaturing Monday's police shooting of a chimpanzee in Connecticut - has created considerable controversy.
It shows two police officers standing over the chimp's body: "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill," one officer says.
It was meant to mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill.
Period.
But it has been taken as something else - as a depiction of President ...
A Cartoon Is Just A Cartoon?
Riehl World View —
... I agree with the Post, pushing back against some criticism of their recent cartoon, a cartoon is just a cartoon. But where was that sentiment from anyone in the media when a certain image of Mohammad led to riots and embassies being attacked? As I recall, it didn't exist. ...
NY Post issues qualified apology for its chimp cartoon.
Think Progress —
... NY Post today, calling for the paper to be shut down. This evening, the Post put up an editorial apologizing to some people who were “offended by the image.” At the same time, however, editors said they were disgusted by “opportunists seek to make it something else“: ...
Going ape over the New York Post
Michelle Malkin —
... — and now the New York Post has apologized . Oops. Can I say “went ape” anymore? How about “going bananas?” Shall I refrain from asking the race demagogues to quit “monkeying around?” Do I erase “It’s a jungle out there” and “It’s a zoo” from my lexicon? How about “beastly?” Just a few yelps from Sharpton and the professional protesters who see RAAAAACISM in every inkblot prompted the spunky tab (for whom I write and proudly so) to apologize to “those who were offended by the image.” The Post then goes on to observe in its statement on Sharpton’s cartoon jihad:…there are some ...
Quote Of The Week
Jules Crittenden —
... .” He means the bill. NY Post to the hyperventilators: “Sometimes a cartoon is just a cartoon.” I’m still trying to figure out how comparing Congress to a ...
N.Y. Post Doesn't Back Down on Chimp Cartoon
Ace of Spades HQ —
N.Y. Post Doesn't Back Down on Chimp Cartoon To be honest, I expected them to roll over sooner than this. But they're standing by their cartoonist. Actually, they're going one further and giving the finger to their detractors. But it has been taken as something else - as a depiction of President Obama, as a thinly veiled expression of racism. This most certainly was not its intent; to those who were offended by the image, we apologize. However, there are some in the media and in public life who have had differences with The Post in the past - and they see the incident as an ...
Post to N.Y.: Sorry, sort of (about the dead monkey cartoon)
Top of the Ticket —
... Tonight, in a brief editorial headlined "That Cartoon," the Post repeated its denial of any racial intent and called the day's protestors "opportunists" taking advantage of long-standing grudges against the publication. "To them," ...
NY Post Apologizes for Editorial Cartoon
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... The newspaper claims the illustration was "meant to mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill." ...
Around The Sphere
The Moderate Voice —
... The New York Post Has Issued an apology…or is it a nonapology…or is it an apology that someone gives to someone while their arm is being twisted…or is it a statement akin to what a prisoner who’s just inhaled water will make? The issue: that cartoon that some insist tried to liken President Barack Obama to a chimp and others insisted really didn’t. Some think ...
Surrender Monkey Friday: Race Baiters Force An Apology
Pirate's Cove —
... Now, if Sharpton was really concerned with ending racism now, he would call for the dissolution of groups such as the Black Panthers, the NAACP, and the Congressional Black Caucus, groups which are based solely on race. But, we all know the liberal mantra: “do as I say, not as I do.” But, the NY Post, as a wise business does, offered a slight apology ...
Surrender Monkey Friday: Race Baiters Force An Apology
Stop The ACLU —
... skyscraper in midtown Manhattan and called for the jailing of Rupert Murdoch, whose international media conglomerate News Corp owns the Post. Now, if Sharpton was really concerned with ending racism now, he would call for the dissolution of groups such as the Black Panthers, the NAACP, and the Congressional Black Caucus, groups which are based solely on race. But, we all know the liberal mantra: “do as I say, not as I do.” But, the NY Post, as a wise business does, offered a slight apology Wednesday’s Page Six cartoon - caricaturing Monday’s police shooting of a chimpanzee ...
New York Post Apologizes for Racist Cartoon...Sort Of
Shakesville —
... outside the Post's offices, the Post has finally issued an apology of sorts. To call it half-assed is to insult half-assery. This is the belligerent statement, titled "That Cartoon," in its entirety: ...
WHEN REALITY, INTENT, AND WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY DON’T MATTER
Right Wing Nut House —
... must be squashed and opponents of the administration intimidated. What surprised me is that it was done with Nazi-like efficiency. Old Joe Goebbels couldn’t have carried it off better. Like a grotesque Kabuki dance where everyone knows their parts and what movements they should make, this self-orchestrated gaggle of left wing zealots appeared almost out of nowhere, all saying the same thing, all trying to shame the Post into a humiliating retraction. Today, they succeeded – to a certain extent: It was meant to mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill. Period. But it has ...
Two Papers, Two Apologies (Kind Of)
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
The New York Post has issued somewhat of an apology for the cartoon about the chimpanzee earlier this week which set off a ruckus as being racist. Here's the full statement: Wednesday's Page Six cartoon - caricaturing Monday's police shooting of a chimpanzee in Connecticut - has created considerable controversy. It shows two police officers standing over the chimp's body: "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill," one officer says. It was meant to mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill. Period. But it has been taken as something else - as a ...
Let's Stop Monkeying Around With Colorblind Racism
Open Left - Front Page —
... just examples of crude jokes that every tells or enjoys, whether they will admit it or not, there's nothing to get excited about, and those that do get excited are merely pushing an agenda. Such is the rationale that flows quite naturally from the framework of colorblind racism. And because the rationale so readily excuses outright, old-fashioned racist invective, the two forms of racism create a natural symbiotic dynamic.
This was clearly part of the dynamic behind the Post'snon-apology::
Wednesday's Page Six cartoon - ...
