Trying to get in the good graces of an autocrat-in-waiting will only result in undermining that free press,” the Pulitzer Prize winner says of her former employer The post Washington Post Cartoonist Ann Telnaes Quits After Bezos-Owned Paper Kills Trump Satire Piece appeared first on TheWrap.

Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote that her editor prevented her from doing the "critical job" of holding "powerful people and institutions accountable."

The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump.

It appears that another high-profile member of The Washington Post’s editorial staff has left the paper: Cartoonist Ann Telnaes, who’s been with the paper 16 years, announced via Substack Friday that she was quitting after the brass killed her latest illustration featuring president-elect Donald Trump.

Ann Telnaes said that this was the first time she “had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at.” Read more at straitstimes.com.

A 'Washington Post' cartoonist resigned after the newspaper rejected a cartoon of CEOs — including 'Post' owner Jeff Bezos — kneeling before Trump.

Pulitzer winner Ann Telnaes says her editor axed a cartoon depicting Bezos and billionaires groveling to Trump

Artist says rejection of her depiction of tech moguls offering tributes to statue of Trump a ‘danger to free press’

A cartoonist has decided to quit her job at the Washington Post after an editor rejected her sketch of the newspaper’s owner and other media executives bowing before President-elect Donald Trump.

A Washington Post cartoonist says she has decided to quit after editors rejected her sketch of the newspaper’s owner and other media executives bowing to President-elect Donald Trump

The cartoonist said it was the first time her work was censored due to its point of view, prompting her decision to leave