Two newspapers apologized for cartoons that ran in their pages this week.
In San Diego, the Union-Tribune quickly pulled and apologized for a Steve Breen cartoon about disgraced TV actor Jussie Smollett.
As the Washington Post wrote, "A cartoonist added Jussie Smollett to the list of ‘Famous African-American Storytellers.’ The backlash was swift."
Both the editor and the staff cartoonist apologized for tone-deaf cartoon and said steps would be taken so something like this wouldn't happen again.
Later in the week, the Las Vegas Sun apologized for a syndicated cartoon by Kirk Walters that ran in their paper.
Later in the week, the Las Vegas Sun apologized for a syndicated cartoon by Kirk Walters that ran in their paper.
A number of readers saw the cartoonist encouraging a physical attack on Donald Trump.
"It’s not often one of my cartoons gets so spectacularly misread,” said Walters.
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