Cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from the Washington Post after it refused to publish a cartoon satirizing its owner, Jeff Bezos.

Trying to get in the good graces of an autocrat-in-waiting will only result in undermining that free press,” the Pulitzer Prize winner says of her former employer The post Washington Post Cartoonist Ann Telnaes Quits After Bezos-Owned Paper Kills Trump Satire Piece appeared first on TheWrap.

Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, said in a blog post that it was the first time the Post had rejected a drawing because of whom it targeted.

Ann Telnaes, a long-time Washington Post cartoonist ... In the cartoon, Mr Bezos, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI's Sam Altman are on their knees giving bags of cash to a statue of Trump. Mickey Mouse is also depicted prostrate in the cartoon.

David Shipley, the Post opinion editor who claimed it was his decision, said in a statement that “not every editorial judgment is a reflection of a malign force."

I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at,” cartoonist Ann Telnaes said.

The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump.

Axios reporter Alex Thompson said Monday that the Washington Post was in "disarray" after a cartoonist quit over claims of censorship and amid a staff exodus from the paper.

Amazon MGM Studios confirmed to NBC News that Amazon Prime Video has licensed a documentary about the incoming first lady.

Among the corporate chiefs depicted by Ann Telnaes was Amazon founder and Post ... and his space company Blue Origin. Along with Bezos, Telnaes depicted Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman shown bringing Trump sacks of ...

Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, resigns from The Washington Post after her satirical cartoon of owner Jeff Bezos was rejected.

Washington Post editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit after a satirical cartoon ... Facebook and Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Los Angeles Times publisher Patrick ...