Chicago Tribune Pulls Sarah Palin 'Doonesbury' Comic

[kpete]

Chicago Tribune Pulls Sarah Palin 'Doonesbury' Comic

Garry Trudeau's "Doonesbury" comic has been pulled from the Chicago Tribune this week because, according to the newspaper's editorial staff, its content, excerpted from Joe McGinniss's Sarah Palin biography, violates their standards of fairness.

The comic, which ran in full on Slate and in other publications without incident, borrows a passage from the forthcoming "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin." The comic describes Palin reading People magazine, followed by a thought bubble that reads: "New book explodes myth of Sarah not reading."

The Tribune replaced the comic with another, "Thatababy," which had a neutral, family-oriented message. The strip included an explanation that the "Doonesbury" cartoon violated fairness standards because it included "excerpts from a book not yet on the market and therefore unavailable for review or verification by the Tribune," Poynter reports.

But McGinniss has been open about his collaboration with the Trudeau, whose fictional character, Roland Hedley, has been "stalking" McGinniss throughout his process of researching the biography. Prior to the book's scheduled Sept. 20 release date, several excerpts are due to appear in "Doonesbury" strips -- all with the author's blessing, according to the Washington Post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/12/chicago-tribune-pulls-doo_n_958931.html




Several newspapers are dropping this week's Doonesbury strips. Why? Roland Hedley (currently working for FAUX) is reading from a (stolen) proof copy of the new Palin book by Joe mcGuiness:

"About 20 minority (state)employees...worked as campaign volunteers for Sarah...almost as soon as she was elected, she ordered them all fired."

"Her chief of staff, Mike Tibbles, came in one day and said, They're all fired. That's what she wants." ...Sarah just isn't comfortable in the presence of dark-skinned people."

Hedley : "Book: Palin Shaped Staff To Look More Like Alaska."

http://www.doonesbury.com/


Another quote:
"Wasilla was so white that there was only one African American in the entire school system. One day when the boy was in junior high school, Todd, then a senior, and two friends waylaid him by the gravel pit adjacent to Wasilla High and beat him up, simply because he was black. 'Sure, Todd was a racist bully, but that just made him one of the guys. Growing up black in Wasilla was hell.'"
— from The Rogue, by Joe McGinniss

[FSogol]

1. Gutless. They are holding comics to a higher standard than the rest of the paper.

BTW, the comics all appear here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1929668

[kpete]

2. Thanks FSogol!

peace, kpete

[coalition_unwilling]

3. And we wonder why the Trib Corp has declared bankruptcy. Aside

from financial issues, it is clearly morally and journalistically bankrupt.

[Major Hogwash]

4. Didn't Robert D. Novak used to write a column they carried?

Seems like odd journalistic standards to start acting "fair".

[FSogol]

5. Novak was syndicated and appeared in a lot of papers. n/t

[Enrique]

7. nope, Novak was the Chicago Sun-Times

:hi:

[Major Hogwash]

12. Thanks, that's what I found out later this morning. I couldn't remember which one it was.

It still surprises me that they are censoring Doonesbury cartoons.

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Okay, Jon Stewart, tell us again that racism isn't driving this shit.

[surrealAmerican]

8. ... proving, yet again, that they are still ...

... as right-wing as they always were.


Given that it's the Trib, this is no surprise.

[karynnj]

11. I remember reading it in the early 1960s

My family got the Trib, the (much better) Daily News (with Mike Royko) and a local Indiana paper. As you said, the Trib was very right wing.

[Doctor_J]

9. The Trib now insists on balance?

:rofl:

Obama was the first Dem they ever endorsed for president, and I would bet dollars to dimes they'll endorse whatever nut job runs against him next year. In fact, they endorse republicans for every contested office in the entire state of IL, every election.

What a bunch of crap.

[Warren DeMontague]

10. Whatever. Her 15 minutes are up.

Any attention -good OR bad- she gets right now is just extra gravy for her gravy train.

[truebrit71]

13. What a pile of crap...and another reason why I am glad I don't read that fishwrap...

...

[Blue_Tires]

14. cowards...

[Blue_In_AK]

15. The quote would have been more accurate

had it said "Palin Shaped Staff to Look More Like Wasilla." Anchorage, on the other hand, is quite diverse, with almost 100 different languages spoken by Anchorage students. In fact, the Anchorage School District is a 50-50 minority district.

As for McGinniss, I personally think he's an asshole for what he did to Jeanne Devon -- but then she's a friend of mine and I may be biased.

[CRK7376]

16. Our paper in NC

Pulled Doonesbury for years back in the '80s-'90s when Trudeau was railing against "Joe Camel" But back then we were a huge tobacco town, major smokes made in town. Still a big tobacco town, but Doonesbury is back in our paper and I'm happy about that. Great stripe this week Mr. Trudeau.

[bemildred]

17. The truth hurts. nt