why is Ted Rall gone from the NYTimes Cartoon page?

[nostamj]

was he TOO hard on the chimpster?






http://www.ucomics.com/rallcom/

will Tom Toles be next?

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

1. Because:

NEW YORK—NYTimes.com said it canceled the use of Ted Rall's editorial cartoons effective March 1 because they didn't fit "the tone" of the popular Web site.

When asked why the decision was made, New York Times Digital Spokesperson Christine Mohan said in an e-mail: "After two years of monitoring cartoons by Ted Rall we decided that, while he often does good work, we found some of his humor was not in keeping with the tone we try to set for NYTimes.com ... While NYTimes.com and its parent company support the right of free expression, we also recognize an obligation to assure our users that what we publish, no matter what its origin, does not offend the reasonable sensibilities of our audience."
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In other words, they caved to complaints from the right...

[nostamj]

2. thanks! was afraid it was that

watch for more crap like glenn mccoy I guess

[Andy_Stephenson]

3. Typical

no guts...no glory though.

[Robbien]

4. Washington Times had a blurb that said

Rall rant
The New York Times has dropped political cartoonist Ted Rall, who traces the trouble back to his March 2002 cartoon of "terror widows," which depicted September 11 family survivors capitalizing on the attacks.
The image "became the target of a coordinated e-mail attack by right-wing 'warbloggers.' These pro-Bush bloggers, coasting on a wave of post-September 11 patriotism, sent out e-mails to their followers ... asking each other to deluge the Times and other papers with complaints that purported to come from their readers," Mr. Rall wrote on his Web site (www.rall.com) yesterday.
"It seems that the warbloggers' consistent campaign of e-mail harassment has finally taken its toll over at Times Digital," Mr. Rall continued. "Because they're annoyed by receiving so many e-mail complaints about my work — all of them motivated by partisan politics — the Times has decided to drop my cartoons entirely."
Mr. Rall called the move "a dangerous precedent. ... They've sent the message that political pressure works."

[nostamj]

5. "political pressure works"

when it's coming from the "right" side.

as I suspected, this story is related to Stern and a guarantee of escalating repression of free speech.