Linda Eddy (Freeper IPWGOP) cartoonist censored by Minneapolis Star Tribune editor Jim Boyd!

IowaPresidentialWatch.com ^ | 8/25/2004 | IPWGOP

[IPWGOP]

Minneapolis Star Tribune censors IPW cartoonist

IowaPresidentialWatch.com’s political cartoonist, Linda Eddy, has been censored by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Eddy distributes her cartoons by email and regularly sends them to the Tribune. Her latest, showing John Kerry during his 1971 Senate testimony, is titled “Silencing Veterans since 1971” and shows an American soldier in Kerry’s hand, his head covered.

Tribune Deputy Editorial Page Editor B. James Boyd responded to Eddy’s latest cartoon by banning any future editorials from the artist:

“Please take me off your e-mail list. Your latest statements about Kerry are too much. He said no such thing in 1971. His whole testimony was an appeal on behalf of veterans.”

Eddy responded to Boyd’s email:

“You are further proof of the silencing of any dissenting view on what John Kerry really said back in 1971. You are further proof of the denial of Freedom of Speech to those with whom you disagree.”

End of story? No! Back came yet another response from Tribune editor B. James Boyd – sent not once, but twice to Eddy:

“read kerry's testimony. Find one complete quote which supports your
claim. Just one.”

Eddy’s response:

“Obviously you are incapable of doing your own good, hard journalistic work.
As soon as I clear my schedule, I will respond... probably by tomorrow.”

The following is the actual email exchanges between Eddy and Minneapolis Star Tribune editor B. James Boyd:

----- Original Message -----

From: "Jim Boyd" <boyd@startribune.com>

To: <lindartwork@wmtel.net>

Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 8:22 AM

Subject: Re: the silencing has got to stop!

 

Please take me off your e-mail list. Your latest statements about Kerry
are too much. He said no such thing in 1971. His whole testimony was an
appeal on behalf of veterans.
 
B. James Boyd
Deputy Editorial Page Editor
Star Tribune
425 Portland Av.
Minneapolis, MN 55488
612-673-4470
boyd@startribune.com

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Linda Eddy

To: Jim Boyd

Cc: Sean Hannity ; Rush Limbaugh ; Matt Drudge

Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 1:03 PM

Subject: Re: the silencing has got to stop!

 

I will gladly remove you from the email list.

You are further proof of the silencing of any dissenting view on what John Kerry really said back in 1971. You are further proof of the denial of Freedom of Speech to those with whom you disagree.

I just hate it when Media like you continue to promote lies. John Kerry's whole testimony was NOT an appeal on behalf of veterans. Kerry accused American troops in Vietnam of committing henious, barbaric, criminal acts on a regular, daily basis. He lied about American troops in Vietnam, he lied about what was happening in Vietnam, he lied about going into Cambodia on Christmas 1968... As the veterans say, Kerry lied while good men died. The fact is that American soldiers hated Kerry back in 1971 for what he falsely testified about them, and still hate Kerry to this day for these lies.

Kerry was a part of the meeting in Detroit, Michigan, where Veterans Against the War through the financial support of Jane Fonda and her friends (in something that has come to be known as Winter Soldier) gathered the information that Kerry gave before the Senate committee in 1971.

It has since been proven that most (if not all) of that personal testimony was not true and many giving testimony were not veterans. Furthermore, most of those who were veterans had not been to Vietnam. It has further been proven that among Kerry's board members of Veterans Against the War most had not been to Vietnam and many of them lied about their service record.

Then there is this whopper by Kerry - John Kerry said on April 18, 1971 on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in     that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 calibre machine guns, which we were granted and ordered     to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages."            

If it were true, then Kerry is a war criminal.

The real great lie is that there is a free, fair and objective press. You have once again proven that is not true. You, the press and John Kerry continue to silence America's Vietnam veterans. This henious denial of Freedom of Speech must stop.

I will see what I can do to share your denial of truth and handling of a dissenting view with the rest of the world.

By the way, my cartoons have been chosen for exhibition by the Arizona State Museum of Art for the exhibit "Art and Democracy" -- the location of the last presidential debate.

 

sincerely,

Linda Eddy
political cartoonist for www.iowapresidentialwatch.com

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Boyd" <boyd@startribune.com>
To: <lindartwork@wmtel.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: the silencing has got to stop!


read kerry's testimony. Find one complete quote which supports your
claim. Just one.

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Linda Eddy" <lindartwork@wmtel.net>

To: "Jim Boyd" <boyd@startribune.com>

Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 1:36 PM

Subject: Re: the silencing has got to stop!

 

Obviously you are incapable of doing your own good, hard journalistic work.
As soon as I clear my schedule, I will respond... probably by tomorrow.
 
regards,
Linda Eddy

 

 

[pookie18]

Do you know of any Web sites..or places with pictures of Republican Elephants...

Will this do?

[Dave S]

... well, I've been censored/banned from the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

What gives you the right to be published? The Minneapolis Star Tribune can make their own editorial decisions. You appparently dont have a contract that states they have to carry you. If I owned a paper, I wouldnt carry Gary Trudeau's work. That would be my right. If you are going to push the borders of "good taste" as viewed by a significant percentage of that socialist state voters then dont be surprised when your work is no longer appreciated. I doubt they would keep an artist that showed babies dripping from the bloody mouth of GW Bush with some reference to Hitler either.

[The Shrew]

Great work Linda!

Here is the best source for a Republican Elephant! It is an image of the Republican Elephant in the attack and trumpeting it's position. Not the typical image of a Dumbo-esque quaint little thing, but a fighting elephant.

NFRA

Regards,

TS

[IPWGOP]

Well, have you written him with the proof yet? Not that he will care....but you should.

Yep, I'll do his work for him and send him the proof.

[doug from upland]

You've hit it big time, Linda!!!

[Old Sarge]

read kerry's testimony. Find one complete quote which supports your claim. Just one.

Obviously you are incapable of doing your own good, hard journalistic work. As soon as I clear my schedule, I will respond... probably by tomorrow.

You didn't respond right then and there. They win, you lose.

That's how they will report it; even if you DO respond tomorrow as you said you would.

[solsrchr2]

Linda Eddy is awesome. She nailed the Star Tribune hard. In the spirit of the Chieftan at Gainesville last Wed. night, she let 'em have it with both barrels. I could see those two back to back going against all odds, guns blazing.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Maybe you should send an emissary of crippled vets to Crawford Texas, and have them ask ....

[ConservativeMan55]

THANKS!!!!!

[Aeronaut]

Linda, go to Powerline and scroll to the bottom. There is a blog entry about Jim Boyd and how he slimed the Powerline guys, too.

[prairiebreeze]

There's none so blind as those who will not see, and that's who you're dealing with of course.

But congrats on being banned by the Red-Star. I'd say you've made it to the Big Leagues.

Prairie

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

The guy is an opinion page editor and he doesn't want your opinion? That should be grounds for dismissal. You were not harassing him. He just didn't like your opinion. Shame on him. I would forward the whole thing to the editor and the publisher of the paper. They might not care either, but it is worth a shot. Then I would forward it to the corporate office that owns the paper.

He doesn't have to agree with you, but telling you to stop e-mailing him because you don't like John Kerry really disqualifies him to be editor.

I must say, though I dislike the editorial pages I write to, they do take criticism pretty well. I've stuffed their mailboxes at times and they never tell me I can't. I am not sure they real alla the articles I forward to them (it can be excessive, but then, I really doubt they read many conservative columnists unless I send them some), but they do read what I write. Sometimes I deserve a sharper response than I get. I'll give them credit for that, even though I give them no credit for actually seeking out conservtive opinion or news perspectives, hiring conservatives, or drawing wise conclusions.

Oh, and I fault them also for refusing to print my letters on certain subjects. I have even gone so far as to ONLY write about the banned subject, just to see how long it takes to get printed. They will not do it period! I could send them ten letters a day and they won't budge.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ROFLMAO****

[Madame Dufarge]

I watched the re-broadcast of the 1971 debate between John O'Neill and Kerry on the Dick Cavett show.

Mr. O'Neill observed that Kerry had refused to debate him anywhere else but on the Cavett show. I'm sure this was because Kerry could be assured of a friendly audience full of libs (who else could stomach Cavett?) and plenty of help from Cavett himself. This is exactly how it turned out, of course.

My point being (at last) that by refusing to debate Mr. O'Neill, Kerry was indeed attempting to silence the voices of the vast majority of Viet Nam vets who were repelled and slandered by Kerry and his loser buddies.

You're very talented, by the way.

[McGavin999]

Kool-aid drinker obviously. Just proves what we've been saying all along. The dems always accuse others of doing what only they do. They censor, then scream about censoring.

[Dog Gone]

Good thing I have a 36" monitor!

[Maigrey]

Open Letter from VietNam POW USMC/USAF Col. George "Bud"

How about a letter from a POW who had the propaganda used against him.

And, Kudos to you for iritating the Red Star to censor you.

Jeff, are you familiar with Linda Eddy's work?

[IPWGOP]

What gives you the right to be published?

You have entirely missed the point... I have been forbidden TO SUBMIT MATERIAL to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. I have no problem with not being published. Totally discretionary on the part of ANY paper. The problem here is that I have been forbidden to SUBMIT my editorial comments. And that, sir, is censorship and denial of Freedom of Speech. All this editor had to do was click "delete" on my email. Instead he chose to ban me permanent from submitting. Got it now?

[sam_paine]

Agreed. "I'll respond...maybe tomorrow" is an incredibly lame retort. Instead of posting this half-complete exchnafge on FR, how bout just responding with Kerry's quote like he asked?