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rsexaminer

(321 posts) Wed Dec 23, 2015, 11:09 PM Dec 2015

Here's the cartoon that WaPo was forced to retract after Ted Cruz complained

The Washington Post recently ran a political cartoon, poking fun at Ted Cruz and his constant need to use his children as props during his campaign. After much backlash from Cruz and other Republicans, the WaPo retracted the cartoon on Wednesday. Look at the full cartoon in context, and make your own judgement.

http://www.examiner.com/article/here-s-the-cartoon-that-wapo-was-forced-to-retract-after-ted-cruz-complained

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Here's the cartoon that WaPo was forced to retract after Ted Cruz complained (Original Post) rsexaminer Dec 2015 OP

Pretty disgusting of the cartoonist Joe the Revelator Dec 2015 #1

Didn't he just release an ad of Christmas songs/tales or something that featured... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #2

Because they are kids....and we are supposed to be better than that. nt Joe the Revelator Dec 2015 #6

I saw a blip of it on tv . Anyone have a link? His daughter was talking about Clinton s emails Person 2713 Dec 2015 #7

How would we feel if the Obama girls were portrayed that way? geek tragedy Dec 2015 #3

DU would self-combust melman Dec 2015 #9

You understand he used them in a Clinton attack ad jberryhill Dec 2015 #10

His children are no less innocent. nt geek tragedy Dec 2015 #14

The cartoon depicted his exploitation of them jberryhill Dec 2015 #15

It depicted them as subhuman apes. nt geek tragedy Dec 2015 #16

Heresy! jberryhill Dec 2015 #17

Keep your pen off those children, you damn dirty cartoonist! nt geek tragedy Dec 2015 #18

What offends me is that Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #4

The "people at the examiner" jberryhill Dec 2015 #11

Ok. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #12

Leave the kids out of it. grntuscarora Dec 2015 #5

How strongly did Cruz protest when keithbvadu2 Dec 2015 #8

In the Washington Post???? philosslayer Dec 2015 #13

Click-bait. nt Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2015 #19

Joe the Revelator

(14,915 posts)

1. Pretty disgusting of the cartoonist

Reply to rsexaminer (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 11:10 PM

Dec 2015

Never a good look to bring kids into it. Even the mafia was better than that.

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)

2. Didn't he just release an ad of Christmas songs/tales or something that featured...

Reply to Joe the Revelator (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 11:14 PM

Dec 2015

...his daughters making cracks at our candidates?

Why can he use them as props and then declare them off-limits?

Joe the Revelator

(14,915 posts)

6. Because they are kids....and we are supposed to be better than that. nt

Reply to ChisolmTrailDem (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 11:31 PM

Dec 2015

Person 2713

(3,263 posts)

7. I saw a blip of it on tv . Anyone have a link? His daughter was talking about Clinton s emails

Reply to ChisolmTrailDem (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 11:31 PM

Dec 2015

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

3. How would we feel if the Obama girls were portrayed that way?

Reply to rsexaminer (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 11:15 PM

Dec 2015

That's a pretty good way to assess this.

melman

(7,681 posts)

9. DU would self-combust

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 11:36 PM

Dec 2015

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

10. You understand he used them in a Clinton attack ad

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 01:01 AM

Dec 2015

The opportunity would not arise, as Obama has never so directly exploited his children for political purposes, and certainly not for an attack ad.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

14. His children are no less innocent. nt

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 02:14 AM

Dec 2015

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

15. The cartoon depicted his exploitation of them

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #14)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 09:39 AM

Dec 2015

It was not aimed at them.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

16. It depicted them as subhuman apes. nt

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #15)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 09:47 AM

Dec 2015

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

17. Heresy!

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #16)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 09:49 AM

Dec 2015

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

18. Keep your pen off those children, you damn dirty cartoonist! nt

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #17)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 09:51 AM

Dec 2015

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)

4. What offends me is that

Reply to rsexaminer (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 11:18 PM

Dec 2015

the people at examiner.com think that the cartoon being pulled has amything to do with the first amendment.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

11. The "people at the examiner"

Reply to Snobblevitch (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 01:03 AM

Dec 2015

...is the guy who posted this thread. Examiner pays by the page view in part, and this is all he does - bang out a few paragraphs on the "controversial" story du jour, and post a link to it on DU for the clicks.

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)

12. Ok.

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #11)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 01:26 AM

Dec 2015

I am a bit surprised whenever I see people getting the 1st Amendment wrong. I guess I shouldn't be.

Edit to add:

The whole 'citizen journalism' thing bugs me. I was not familiar with what you described until tonight. While I would never describe myself as a 'journalist' I do have a B.S. in Mass Communications (journalism).

I have been published and I have broadcasting experience (19 years) including news reporting.

The lack of details and errors on blogs and even the msm sites is quite annoying. Reporting ain't what it used to be.