Washington Post rightly pulls cartoon with Ted Cruz’s daughters as monkeys
As a general rule, the children of politicians are off limits until they either do something wrong on their own or they turn 18. It’s not against any laws, but when it happens it’s considered in the same realm as tabloid journalism.
The Washington Post is usually pretty straight forward with their journalism. Sure, it’s not always the best or most unbiased but they generally play fair. For a brief moment they did not. They posted this cartoon:
The monkeys are supposed to represent Ted Cruz’s daughters. The symbolism portrayed by the award-winning cartoonist, Ann Telnaes, is an attack against the Cruz campaign’s use of his daughters in campaign videos. This gave her license, in her opinion, to consider the children “fair game.” Of course, this isn’t really the case, at least for those with class. When a senior Republican staffer criticized President Obama’s daughters, she was forced to resign.
https://twitter.com/StudyingLiberty/status/679477593133944832
Some would say that this represents a personal attack rather than the President using them for political gains. That being the case, we can point to this…
@AnnTelnaes Merry Christmas, Ann. Here is fodder for your next political daughters-as-monkeys cartoon ==> https://t.co/Kuikhd4ekF
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) December 23, 2015
There’s a difference between a sitting President’s family and candidates, right? I may not agree, but it’s a fair concept. Let’s see if Democrat Hillary Clinton ever used family in campaign ads…
https://twitter.com/ispencer/status/679456851667324928
The Washington Post did the right thing by pulling the cartoon. The cartoonist is doing the wrong thing by sticking to her story that it’s all Cruz’s fault. That doesn’t really matter, though. She’s only giving him more juice to help him get the nomination.
Heck, even Marco Rubio is supporting Cruz on this one.
Wash Post cartoon featuring @tedcruz’s children is disgusting. The Post saying the kids are “fair game” is even worse.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 23, 2015
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