New York Post

Brown v. Monkey

Jehmu Greene | Posted 03.26.2009 | Media


Jehmu Greene

A cartoon is misinterpreted and black organizations see an opportunity to make noise. Meanwhile, Rihanna is beat down by Chris Brown and commentary in the black community is, "What did she do to cause it?"

The Dark Side of Parody

Emil Wilbekin | Posted 03.26.2009 | Media


Emil Wilbekin

Plain and simple, Black folks don't like to be compared to animals -- especially nonhuman primate mammals.

The Post's (the Other Post that is) Racial Correctness Gone Ape

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.26.2009 | Home


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Talk about racial correctness gone ape. How else can you describe the Washington Post's apology for an offensive cartoon that really didn't or at l...

Chimp Cartoon Writes NY Post Editor's Obit

Michael Wolff | Posted 03.26.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

The fact that Col Allan is now being hung out to dry, and his obituary written, over a cartoon, is more mind blowing to Allan than to anyone else.

Rupert Murdoch's Newspaper Obsession A "Significant Drag" On News Corp Bottom Line

New York Times | Tim Arango and Richard Perez Pena | Posted 03.25.2009 | Media


Mr. Murdoch, as much old-fashioned press baron as 21st century multimedia mogul, faces a depressing reality: his lifelong fondness for newspapers has ...

NY Post Chimp Cartoon Leads WaPo To Apologize In Advance

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.25.2009 | Media


Politico reports that the Washington Post is apologizing in advance for a column, before any offense can be taken: "The headline, illustration, and ...

NAACP Wants NY Post Editor Col Allan, Cartoonist Sean Delonas Fired

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 03.24.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — The head of the NAACP on Saturday urged readers to boycott the New York Post, calling a cartoon that the newspaper published an invit...

Holder, the New York Post and Us

Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 03.23.2009 | Media


Rabbi Irwin Kula

In calling Americans "cowards," Attorney General Holder undermines his very goal of helping us to become a more just society.

Send Rupert Murdoch A Message He Truly Understands

Scott Foval | Posted 03.23.2009 | Media


Scott Foval

Hit his big white Right Winger pocketbook right through his pants. Dump all of NewsCorp's properties and teach these extremist bigots a lesson in a way they'll remember.

The Post's Post-Racial Politics

Bakari Kitwana | Posted 03.23.2009 | Media


Bakari Kitwana

This cartoon's arrival on newsstands is way out of step with the times. Regardless of its intention, it reinforces the notion that national conversations on race are long over due.

New York Post's Cartoon Apology

New York Post | Huffington Post | Posted 03.22.2009 | Media


This evening, the New York Post issued a half-apology for Wednesday's notorious stimulus/chimp cartoon which inspired outraged among many readers. Th...

Sam Stein

Limbaugh: Trying To Understand A Dem Like Trying To Understand A Murderer Or Rapist

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics


Coming off of a tone-deaf cartoon that compared the author of the stimulus bill with a crazed, shot-dead chimpanzee, it seemed likely that, for the ti...

Letter: Thank You New York Post For Reminding Me Of What You Are

BlackAndBrownNews | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics


BlackAndBrownNews

Dear New York Post: Thank you for reminding me of who and what you really are. Please don't bother to offer up an empty apology for this latest offense.

The Connection Between Blacks As Apes And Police Brutality

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics


Baratunde Thurston

Although the release of another racist cartoon can be seen as repetitive, annoying and a distraction, I'm glad at the opportunity this moment gives us.

Sam Stein

New York Post Employees Unhappy, Ashamed Of Offensive Cartoon

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.22.2009 | Media


The mood inside the New York Post, it seems, is a mix of anger and bewilderment that the paper published a cartoon depicting the authors of the stimul...

How the New York Post Monkey Cartoon Should've Looked

Lee Camp | Posted 03.22.2009 | Media


Lee Camp

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Reading The Pictures: Killing That Little Monkey

Michael Shaw | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media


Michael Shaw

2009-02-19-shaw219.jpgThe buck(shot) stops here? Well obviously it likens Obama to a monkey, playing on a long-standing African-American racist slur.

Sam Stein

Obama Photo Preceded Cartoon Of Gunned Down Chimp

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics


In the page preceding a New York Post cartoon that depicts drafters of the stimulus legislation as a gun-downed chimpanzee, the paper published a larg...

NY Post Defends Cartoon, Slams Al Sharpton

Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media


The New York Post has issued a statement defending its stimulus/chimp cartoon and slamming Rev. Al Sharpton for protesting the piece. Here's the full...

Sam Stein

New York Post Chimp Cartoon Compares Stimulus Author To Dead Primate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media


A cartoon likening the author of the stimulus bill, perhaps President Barack Obama, with a rabid chimpanzee graced the pages of the New York Post on W...

All is Vanity (Fair): The Man Who Owns the News

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 03.14.2009 | Media


Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

In Michael Wolff's book, he serves lots of candy and cat food as he tells the story of Murdoch's rise from scion of a smallish Australian newspaper empire to master of the universe in today's media world.

New York Post Sued In $10M Libel Case

Courthouse News Service | Posted 03.14.2009 | Media


BROOKLYN (CN) - Joel Speyer, a CPA, says the New York Post cost him his job and defamed him in an Oct. 20, 2008 article accusing him of election fraud...

News Corp. Suffers Staggering $6.4 Billion Loss

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business


LOS ANGELES — News Corp., the global media giant controlled by Rupert Murdoch, said Thursday it lost $6.4 billion in its most recent quarter bec...

Right Hook

Neil McCarthy | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics


Neil McCarthy

The ink is not yet dry on his Inaugural Address, and the sober but inspiring words breathed through the chill of a January afternoon and a collapsing ...

Because Pain Makes You Self-Centered, a Doctor Wants a Kidney Back and a Feuding Ex-Wife Sabatoges A Teddy Bear

Jill Brooke | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living


Jill Brooke

For anyone going through a divorce, there has to be a blinking light that switches on in your head reminding you that you will not make the best decision because of the stresses you're under and to proceed with caution.