Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper’s refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos

Pulitzer prize winner Ann Telnaes had drawn a cartoon of the paper's owner kneeling before Donald Trump

The Washington Post's Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from her position at the newspaper after its refusal to publish a satirical cartoon depicting the outlet's owner, Jeff Bezos - along with other media and technology barons - kneeling before Donald Trump as he gears up for his second US presidency.

I have had editorial feedback and productive conversations - and some differences - about cartoons I have submitted for publication, but in all that time I've never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at," Telnaes wrote on Friday in an online post on the Substack platform detailing her decision to quit. Until now."