This time, in Canada.
Cartoonist let go from N.B. newspapers days after Trump image goes viral
The company says that they didn't fire him because of the cartoon, but they hadn't accepted a Trump cartoon for a year, and they did not run the artist's non-Trump cartoon that they had already accepted before firing him. This is pretty obviously (to me, at least) an attempt to distance themselves from the cartoonist once he cartoon went viral anyway.
The syndicate in question is owned by Irving. Too bad they don't have a large presence in Ottawa, so that I could boycott them.
Oh, and before anybody cries partisanship, here's a comment by the artist, from his Twitter feed:
Cartoonist let go from N.B. newspapers days after Trump image goes viral
Quote:When he asked his editor whether it was a cost-cutting measure, or his online social media or even "gross incompetence," de Adder said, he was told no.
The company says that they didn't fire him because of the cartoon, but they hadn't accepted a Trump cartoon for a year, and they did not run the artist's non-Trump cartoon that they had already accepted before firing him. This is pretty obviously (to me, at least) an attempt to distance themselves from the cartoonist once he cartoon went viral anyway.
The syndicate in question is owned by Irving. Too bad they don't have a large presence in Ottawa, so that I could boycott them.
Oh, and before anybody cries partisanship, here's a comment by the artist, from his Twitter feed:
Michael de Adder Wrote:Cartoonists in the U.S. are painted as being from the left or the right. Some even as Democrat or Republican. Cartoonists are not partisan in Canada. We're not Democrat or Republican, we're just anti-stupid. We attack both sides. We just want to illustrate the stupidity.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown