Report: Some papers won’t be running next week’s ‘Doonesbury’ strips

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http://jimromenesko.com/2012/03/09/report-some-papers-wont-be-running-next-weeks-doonesbury-strips/

A Romenesko reader emails: “Next week’s ‘Doonesbury’ cartoons, on the Texas anti-abortion/mandatory ultrasound law, may cause some newspapers to use “Flashbacks” instead of the live cartoons.”

I asked around and was told that the Oregonian and Dallas Morning News are among the papers that have discussed pulling the strips. (I’ve left messages with editors at both newspapers to see what they’ve decided.) The Chicago Tribune, which pulled “Doonesbury” strips in September and February, will be running them, says associate managing editor/entertainment Geoff Brown.

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Everything now has to be censored so as not to offend the 'christians'.

[PatrynXX]

5. ha. not quite

Kansas law on the miscarriage is abortion crap actually is farther to the right than many anti abortion supporters I know. Especially since some of them have had miscarriages. So not entirely sure which sort of Christian cult the Republicans are on. But not mine.

[Doctor_J]

2. the right wing is ramping up the media clamp down

goebbels would blush if he could see what the current US media is like

[dash_bannon]

11. Are you kidding?

He'd be giddy as a school girl. He'd wish he dreamed up the insidious ways the right wing echo chamber distorts and warps reality.

[MADem]

3. All that will do is cause people to Google and find the "offending" cartoons.

That's what tends to happen when people try to censor others.

[HDPaulG]

6. True...But I don't use Google any longer for searches, nor gmail, youtube etc.

[MADem]

7. Well, substitute your favorite search engine, then. nt

[Iwillnevergiveup]

4. Oh me oh my

This will be a strip to snip and laminate. And keep.

K&R

[alp227]

8. Aren't print newspaper toons now obsolete because of the internet?

Most people in the age of the internet and reading the news on mobile devices won't notice.

[bemildred]

9. And they wonder why nobody reads newspapers anymore. nt

[Grins]

10. Not that big a deal.

The Washington Post moved Doonesbury from the comics section years ago. It's now in the the "Opinion" or "Entertainment" sections.

[Paladin]

12. The Slate On-Line Site Carries Doonesbury Every Single Day. (n/t)

[allan01]

13. re: Report: Some papers won’t be running next week’s ‘Doonesbury’ strips