Echoes from Ann Telnaes walking away from The Washington Post continue to resonate. While Ann is the starting point the discussion has evolved into a broader discussion about editorial cartoons and the newspaper industry.

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.”

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.”

Recently Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, said she resigned from her job at The Washington Post after the newspaper rejected a cartoon critical of its owner, Jeff Bezos.

More recently, longtime WaPo editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned on Jan. 3 after editors pulled a cartoon that criticized Bezos. Bezos has steadfastly stuck by the stark changes he’s ...

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At President Donald Trump's inauguration, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sánchez turned heads (including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's) with her outfit. Now, Sanchez's choice of attire has sparked a fiery exchange between two far-right media personalities.