Posts Tagged ‘New York Post’
News - Thursday, February 26, 2009 13:14 - 1 Comment
Murdoch Apologizes
News Corp. CEO and New York Post Chairman, Rupert Murdoch, issued an apology for the controversial chimp / stimulus bill cartoon published in the Post last week.
The comic, which depicted the author the stimulus bill as a chimpanzee killed by two police officers, was, according to the Post, intended to “mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill.” However, the cartoon walked a narrow line between a reference to current news and the tired derogatory stereotyping of African Americans. The comic sparked protests and boycotts lead by figures like Spike Lee and Al Sharpton.
Murdoch wrote: “As the Chairman of the New York Post, I am ultimately responsible for what is printed in its pages. The buck stops with me.
Last week, we made a mistake. We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted.”
Read the rest of Murdoch’s statement after the jump.
News, Source TV - Monday, February 23, 2009 22:18 - 1 Comment
Protesting The New York Post
Al Sharpton and Spike Lee aren’t the only ones outraged by a cartoon the New York Postran last week. On Friday, protesters spoke out about the Page Six cartoon that many are calling blatantly racist. The Post, of course, says they cartoon has been misinterpreted.
News - Tuesday, January 20, 2009 16:18 - 5 Comments
What Inauguration Means To Me
The Source publisher L. Londell McMillan was one of several New Yorkers asked by the New York Post to describe what Obama’s Inauguration means to them.
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