WASHINGTON, DC – Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned from the Washington Post earlier this month, alleging her editorial independence was compromised when the newspaper killed her sketch critiquing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Republican President-elect Donald Trump.

Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned from The Washington Post after an editor killed a cartoon depicting wealthy businessmen and leading media figures, including Jeff Bezos,

David Maraniss, who has spent nearly five decades at the Washington Post, took to social media and bemoaned the fact that his employer “has utterly lost its soul.”

Rucker’s departure is a high-profile loss for the Washington Post, which has faced a wave of resignations due to dissatisfaction with its leadership.

Jeff Bezos worried aloud that Donald Trump, then an underdog presidential candidate, could “erode” American democracy. Speaking at a Vanity Fair summit in October that year, Bezos said Trump’s campaign tactics threatened the country’s commitment to freedom of speech and showed his inability to be scrutinized,

One thing you can say about Donald Trump is that he's absolutely clear on his furious opposition to immigrants taking American jobs.

The ‘Washington Post’ reportedly has a new mission statement, and it’s just one example of a broader shift compared to Trump’s first time around. Democracy no longer dies in darkness, apparently. As far as the Washington Post seems concerned,

Last week, the Washington Post, censored a political cartoon by Pulitzer Prize winner Ann Telnaes. It depicted Jeff Bezos, the Amazon billionaire and owner of the Post, and four others, bowing down to Donald Trump.

Subscribers and star journalists have fled the Post in its first year under CEO and Publisher Will Lewis. Now staff have signed a petition asking owner Jeff Bezos to intervene.

Ann Telnaes posted a message Friday on the online platform Substack saying that she drew a cartoon showing a group of media executives bowing before Trump while offering him bags of money, including Post owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Telnaes wrote ...

This article appears in the March 2025 print edition with the headline “Capitulation Is Contagious.”

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