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CNN anchor Jake Tapper told The Daily Beast that the Times has driven “just one more nail in the coffin of what is a struggling art form,” while cartoonists have called the decision “devastating,” “spineless,” and “chickenshit.”

Janis Goodman and Peter Winant join WETA Around Town host Robert Aubry Davis to discuss the exhibit Art in Action, featuring drawings by Herblock.

In a cheeky 2012 cartoon by Daryl Cagle, a dog lifts its hind leg for the wind-up. "The Times has no credibility — and no cartoonist," a black speech bubble leaks from its mouth, "but it's still good for something."

The New York Times is again making news for how it handles editorial cartoons — or in the latest turn, will not handle editorial cartoons.

The New York Times became the latest newspaper to abandon political cartooning -- just a year after winning a Pulitzer Prize for the discipline for the very first time in its history.

On the eve of World Press Freedom Day, Jake Tapper stood on a Library of Congress stage and delivered an ode to the potency of political cartooning — especially in the face of cutbacks and blowback.

Even as traditional outlets for it shrink, socially conscious art and the desire to make it remain as strong as ever.

In a new exhibition about incendiary art commenting on current affairs, the work of everyone from Herblock to Kerry James Marshall is brought to light

by Michael Cavna

by Adam Bernstein in The Washington Post

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