1.0 link 168574 <![CDATA[Why the New York Post's Crazed Chimp Cartoon Matters]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-deggans/why-the-new-york-posts-cr_b_168574.html It's a refrain I heard a lot while fielding responses and offering commentary on the New York Post's awful cartoon depicting the authors of the Obama administration's economic stimulus package as a crazed chimp killed by police:

This doesn't really matter.

Indeed, when the New York Post finally got around to apologizing for the explosion of vitriol it sparked, one line from the statement stood out for me: "Sometimes a cartoon, is just a cartoon."

That was news to me. Because...

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