Among lovers of press cartoons, an event caught the attention. On January 4, a designer working for the Washington PostAnn Telnaes, resigned after the daily refused to publish one of her caricatures. There we saw figures from American tech, including Jeff Bezos, owner of the Postbring their offering to the foot of a statue of Donald Trump. Almost ten years to the day after the attack on Charlie Hebdothis affair with worldwide repercussions appears as yet another illustration of the threats weighing on press cartoons, some of which even announce the disappearance. However, several renowned cartoonists, interviewed by “Le Monde des livres” about the future of their profession, were much less pessimistic.
Thus Patrick Chappatte, pillar of Tempsin Switzerland, which has long collaborated in New York Times and who is a friend of Ann Telnaes: “In Ann's case, the head of the Opinions pages submitted in anticipation. Censorship works like this: we anticipate the pressure coming from above. But what Ann triggered by her resignation speaks of the power of an individual who takes a strong action against an institution. And the immense support she received shows that we need press cartoons more than ever. Hence this paradoxical situation: never has it appeared so much as a bulwark of freedom, and never have there been so few editors-in-chief ready to publish it. The symbolic charge with which it is invested is as immense as its vulnerability. »
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