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What chimp let this cartoon run?

Here's one that could have used an editor. The New York Post ran a cartoon today that has drawn some heat.

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What chimp let this cartoon run?

POSTED: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 1:26 PM

Here's one that could have used an editor.

The New York Post ran a cartoon today that has drawn some heat - not to mention phone calls, e-mails and threats to burn down the building.

I'm guessing its creator, Sean Delonas, thought he could lasso a few things in the news, the economic stimulus package and that wild chimp story.

Why? Why?

Romensko did a nice job of linking the chatter from the chattering MSMers, bloggers, Tweeters.

The Post's editor defended the drawing. "The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut," Col Allan said in a statement. "It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy."

Gawker collects some favorite cartoons that Delonas has drawn. He sure does spot-on work with gay people, too.

Daniel Rubin @ 1:26 PM Permalink | 51 comments

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:44 AM, 02/19/2009

Well, I guess Pelosi and Reed should be angry about the comparison, since THEY wrote the bailout bill; not Obama, Obama only signed it. I guess they don't like comparing the president as primate. I guess they shouldn't have done that for 8 years to Bush. Next they are going to start protesting in the streets like the ones we saw with the Swedish cartoons...oh wait they are going to protest just like that.

— thelastRepublicaninPhilly

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:46 AM, 02/19/2009

waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy over the line.

— potus

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:46 AM, 02/19/2009

How come Al Sharpton didn't come to Philadelphia when one of Philly's finest was shot down by a career criminal?

— thelastRepublicaninPhilly

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:57 AM, 02/19/2009

Here's a news flash...there is no racism in America. It's only the preception of racism. The NY Post is not guilty of any crime or wrong doing since they were making mockery of our politicians and using current events. The REAL racists and offensive people are the ones that found this cartoon as racist and offensive. These people need evolve (forgive the pun) and realize that racism really is in our past. America has moved past that; those people obviously have not.

— thelastRepublicaninPhilly

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:54 AM, 02/19/2009

I can't understand the controversy; this cartoon is offensive and reprehensible in every way. From the imagery of a chimp that perpetrated a most horrific event that involved ripping the face off an innocent and attractive woman who is now struggling to survive (I guess this represents our economy and therefore if we want to be accurate in the analogy, the chimp must be George Bush, but the text reveals otherwise) to depicting the chimp as the president ( I don't care what the republican apologists try to spin this as, the reference is obvious to the smirking rasists and everyone else)to seeing the chimp shot dead (a most despicable act) to the shooters (who happen to be police officers and happen to be white) to the most irrelevant comment that ties this extrajudicial execution to a stimulus plan (opposed only by an emasculated republican, facist party that obviously gets satisfaction from this political killing) Rupert murdoch, you have outdone yourself. The only way you can restore some dignity and integrity to your media empire is to repudiate this and fire both the cartoonist and the editors responsible for publishing this. After all, you own it and you stand by it.

— tiredoftheBS

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:29 PM, 02/19/2009

Another major banking executives with major ties to the Democratic party gets caught in another scandal, but this is what you decide to cover for two days. Way to follow marching orders PhillyNews! Also, great job, Rubin! No wonder you've been a journalist for 20 years and you're still in the Metro section. Figure it out yet?

— puckdad77

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:42 PM, 02/19/2009

The point is, a. it isn't funny or maybe it is too funny, but b. African American people were/are referred to as monkeys. this is the part that is scary and would seem subliminal people. there is always a hidden message in these parodies that should not be dismissed.

— okay47

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:44 PM, 02/19/2009

it was purely bad judgment, regardless of the intentions, the undertones are there. who let it be released?! negligent.

— okay47

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:59 PM, 02/19/2009

It's so dumb to blow this out of proportion. Yes, it was stupid to have this cartoon published considering there is a group in the U.S. that tends to be more sensitive than others given their history. Don't get me wrong, I support the President. But it's the idiots who associated the cartoon witht he President that are the real morons. Al Sharpton does not represent anyone but himself. Go ask the real black leaders out there.

— SayHello2MyLittleFriend

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:44 PM, 02/19/2009

Al Sharpton (making reference to comparing blacks with monkeys) is stirring the pot. This doesn't surprise me in the least. If people think that having a black president is going to end racism, they're dreaming. I'm sure President Obama knows this as well! The cartoon and article wouldn't have been written if a monkey hadn't been shot. Shut up, Sharpton. You're the racist.

— PattyJo

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:40 PM, 02/19/2009

And it all draws attention to the New York Post, which was probably the point from the beginning. They get free advertising on news programs and the Internet that they would otherwise have to pay for.

— apreziosi