WashingtonPost.com Drops Ted Rall's Cartoons

Editor and Publisher ^ | Nov 18 2004

[george wythe]

WashingtonPost.com is no longer running the cartoons of hard-hitting liberal Ted Rall.

Rall said he thinks the site dropped his work because of a Nov. 4 cartoon he did showing a drooling, mentally handicapped student taking over a classroom. "The idea was to draw an analogy to the electorate -- in essence, the idiots are now running the country," he told E&P.

"That cartoon certainly drew a significant amount of negative comment from our users," said WashingtonPost.com Executive Editor Doug Feaver when contacted by E&P. But he added that the decision to drop Rall was a "cumulative" one that had been building for a while

[68skylark]

Ted Rall is actually a pretty good representative of liberal thinking. I'm sure he'll find many outlets for his "drawings" in the future. There's a big market for those who encourage the death of American soldiers, and for those who mock a hero who was killed in action.

[george wythe]

they finally realized that he has no class.

Too repulsive even for the Washington Post.

[derllak]

Another 'tard bites the dust!

[ClintonBeGone]

An example of Ted's fine work.

[Rebelbase]

This guy is still due a beating from Army Rangers over the cheap shot he took at Pat Tillman earlier in the year.

[wizardoz]

Wait for the screams of "censorship!" start. But this is the difference between us and the people Bush is keeping Rall safe from: in Amsterdam, Theo Van Gogh was slaughtered by those he offended. Here, you simply lose your patronage.

[jackbill]

One down.

Actually it's at least two down. The NY Times dropped him last winter.

I would assume that a cartoonist gets paid by circulation. If so, he's lost his two biggest employers. Hell, he'll be applying for welfare soon.

[Unam Sanctam]

Of the three big Northeastern liberal dailies, WaPost, NYTimes and BGlobe, I always found that the Post was the most reasonable of the three, which I think comes from the fact that its readership actually have responsibility for doing things in the real world and can't simply dwell in the usual liberal fantasyland all the time.

[SmithL]

I don't give WaPo (or the NYSlimes, either) any credit for standards. They still think we're stupid, but we can read, and they're unwilling to abandon over half the population.

[Minnesocold]

[xJones]

What about the racist Oliphant?

[muawiyah]

Don't be fooled. The only reason the Posties would drop Rall would be insufficient spleen, invective and insult, particularly to the poor, the handicapped, the young and those unable to help themselves.

Frankly, I have no idea why the Washington Post owners, directors, executives, managers, editors and writers are like that but they are. Don't ever trust them.

[Sender]

Woo hoo! Rall consigned to the dustbin of failed ideas! No film (or cartoons) at eleven!

[John Lenin]

Never forget !

Liberalism =Mental Illness

[glock rocks]

the decision to drop Rall was a "cumulative" one that had been building for a while

[Maceman]

Ted Rall creates Republican voters because he is unable to modulate or mask the vileness seething inside him.

You couldn't possibly be suggesting that he lacks nuance, could you? I though Progressive Democrats were virtually dripping with nuance.

[dighton]

Oliphant's a sad case. Unlike Rall, he's talented, but has just gone completely wrong.

[talleyman]

Tom Daschle is deeply shocked and saddened.

[Billthedrill]

Rall is so partisan that he doesn't care why the other side is screaming, just so that it screams. It isn't the stuff of mature politics, and there's a lot of them out there like him.

[Mo1]

What about the racist Oliphant?

Did you see Hannity and Colmes last night and Bob Beckle LOSING it because Ann Coulter called the Liberals racist over these cartoons?