Namibia: Washington Post cartoonist quits after Bezos satire is rejected – International

A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist has resigned from the Washington Post after the newspaper refused to publish a cartoon satirical of its billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos.

Ann Telnaes, a long-time Washington Post cartoonist, created a cartoon of Bezos and other tycoons kneeling before a statue of president-elect Donald Trump.

She said the paper’s refusal to run the cartoon was a “game changer” and described it as “dangerous for a free press”.

But David Shipley, the…