Washington Post (Lean Left bias) cartoonist Ann Telnaes announced she was resigning from the paper on Friday after a cartoon depicting WaPo owner Jeff Bezos and others kneeling before Trump was rejected.

The Details: Telnaes wrote a blog post explaining why she resigned, saying “I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now.” The rejected cartoon featured Bezos, Facebook and Meta founder Mark Zuckerburg, CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman, Los Angeles Times (Lean Left bias) owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, and Mickey Mouse to represent Walt Disney’s ABC News (Lean Left bias) bowing before Trump with bags of money.

For Context: Since Telnaes' resignation, the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) condemned WaPo and “their ethical weakness,” saying “corporate billionaires once again have brought an editorial cartoon to life with their craven censorship in bowing to a wannabe tyrant.” WaPo editorial page editor David Shipley said the cartoon was rejected because the paper had already published similar columns, not because of its intended target.

How the Media Covered It: Fox News (Right bias) framed the situation as part of a broader narrative of dysfunction within The Washington Post, citing a CNN (Lean Left bias) contributor who questioned whether cartoons addressed instances of "people giving money to Joe Biden in the last administration" and described the issue as "an ideological problem." Outlets on the left like CNN tended to frame the narrative around criticisms of Bezos, including condemnations from the AAEC, and emphasizing details such as Bezos and Trump dining together at Mar-a-Lago.