Read more editorial cartoons stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5254/editorial-cartoons.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:09:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60959/sotomayor-cartoon-sparks-outcry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn editorial cartoon depicting Sonia Sotomayor strung up as a piñata has sparked a minor outcry, the Huffington Post reports. Published in the right-leaning Oklahoman yesterday, it shows Obama in a sombrero inviting the GOP to take a whack at the Supreme Court nom. “She’s of Puerto Rican descent—ergo...http://www.newser.com/story/60959/sotomayor-cartoon-sparks-outcry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 7:05:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51709/misguided-cartoonist-has-right-to-fail-parker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe New York Post cartoon that has Al Sharpton up in arms was poorly thought out, to be sure, writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post . It "was offensive for reasons unrelated to race," she argues, but it’s important to remember that “outrage is out of proportion to the offense,...http://www.newser.com/story/51709/misguided-cartoonist-has-right-to-fail-parker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Feb 2009 9:18:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51647/murdoch-sorry-for-cartoon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRupert Murdoch eats some crow today, with a short statement in the New York Post apologizing for the now-infamous chimpanzee cartoon. “I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused,” Murdoch writes. “The only intent of that cartoon was to...http://www.newser.com/story/51647/murdoch-sorry-for-cartoon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Feb 2009 8:22:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51470/naacp-demands-firing-of-post-cartoonist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNAACP leaders demanded the firing of the artist and editor responsible for the New York P ost 's controversial cartoon, reports CNN. Black leaders say the image draws on historically racist imagery by comparing President Obama to a chimpanzee. The NAACP has threatened boycotts of the Post and other News...http://www.newser.com/story/51470/naacp-demands-firing-of-post-cartoonist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Feb 2009 6:30:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51310/post-apologizes-for-cartoon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe New York Post has apologized—to almost everyone—for the editorial cartoon that sparked protests and accusations of racism. "It was meant to mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill," an editorial says, acknowledging that the cartoon chimp was taken by some as a racist depiction of Barack Obama....http://www.newser.com/story/51310/post-apologizes-for-cartoon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Feb 2009 22:43:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51289/protesters-picket-post-after-chimp-cartoon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of protesters led by the Rev. Al Sharpton assembled outside the New York Post ’s headquarters today to condemn the paper's now-infamous chimpanzee cartoon, Newsday reports. Protesters called for a boycott and vowed to return tomorrow. They insist it's a racist slam against President Obama, while the paper calls...http://www.newser.com/story/51289/protesters-picket-post-after-chimp-cartoon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Feb 2009 16:32:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/22013/bin-laden-threatens-europe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOsama bin Laden threatened Europe today with "severe" retaliation over the publication of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, the AP reports. The audio recording of bin Laden surfaced on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, though he made no mention of it, and a day before the Muslim world...http://www.newser.com/story/22013/bin-laden-threatens-europe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Mar 2008 20:56:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20484/political-cartoons-no-longer-front-and-center.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolitical cartoons remain, but they lost front page power and heft long ago, says U.S. News & World Report . Cartoonists like Thomas Nast could once sway elections—Ulysses S. Grant credited Nast's pencil to helping him win the presidency—but the ranks of full-time pen-and-paper satirists have thinned to...http://www.newser.com/story/20484/political-cartoons-no-longer-front-and-center.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Mar 2008 20:26:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/20451/mohammed-cartoon-goes-on-the-market.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKurt Westergaard, the artist behind the most controversial of the Danish cartoons that sparked fierce Muslim protest in 2005, is looking to sell his drawing. The sketch of Mohammed with a bomb in his turban has sent Westergaard into hiding, under police protection, and potential buyers may be scared off...http://www.newser.com/story/20451/mohammed-cartoon-goes-on-the-market.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Mar 2008 9:30:18 CST