News Corp.'s Founder Rupert Murdoch Issues Apology For Racist Chimp Cartoon Published in NY Post

I don't understand why News Corp. and the NY Post allowed the fallout from the chimp cartoon by Sean Delonas to get to this level, when they were about to face some serious opposition. Yeah, they were also facing a boycott of the newspaper and the company's products in general. The bottom line is that Murdoch has now admitted that President Obama was the intended target of this cartoon. They are within their rights to consider this a badly written piece of legislation, but they did not have to use a chimpanzee as the protagonist. Rupert Murdoch's apology, albeit late, may put this to rest to some people, but not to me. Here is the letter of apology in its entirety.

By RUPERT MURDOCH

Last updated: 3:16 am
February 24, 2009
Posted: 2:22 am February 24, 2009

As the Chairman of the New York Post, I am ultimately responsible for what is printed in its pages. The buck stops with me. Last week, we made a mistake. We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted.

Over the past couple of days, I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused. At the same time, I have had conversations with Post editors about the situation and I can assure you - without a doubt - that the only intent of that cartoon was to mock a badly written piece of legislation. It was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately, it was interpreted by many as such.

We all hold the readers of the New York Post in high regard and I promise you that we will seek to be more attuned to the sensitivities of our community. Source: NY Post

Thank you and I hope all the other folks out there who feel that they can engage is such obvious race-baiting, will take heed and simply understand our position when we say: not this time to racist behavior. We must also be mindful of the fact that this isn't an isolated incident. The New York Post and Fox News Channel have engaged in a pattern of racist behavior for a long time and it has to stop. Murdoch rightly said that the buck stops with him. Well, it seems that he has ignored many more actions of this nature. President Obama deserves the respect of all Americans, including the wannabe white conservative nutjob Michelle Malkin who said that we owed Sean Delonas an apology.

News Corp.'s Founder Rupert Murdoch Issues Apology For Racist Chimp Cartoon Published in NY Post

I don't understand why News Corp. and the NY Post allowed the fallout from the chimp cartoon by Sean Delonas to get to this level, when they were about to face some serious opposition. Yeah, they were also facing a boycott of the newspaper and the company's products in general. The bottom line is that Murdoch has now admitted that President Obama was the intended target of this cartoon. They are within their rights to consider this a badly written piece of legislation, but they did not have to use a chimpanzee as the protagonist. Rupert Murdoch's apology, albeit late, may put this to rest to some people, but not to me. Here is the letter of apology in its entirety.

By RUPERT MURDOCH

Last updated: 3:16 am
February 24, 2009
Posted: 2:22 am February 24, 2009

As the Chairman of the New York Post, I am ultimately responsible for what is printed in its pages. The buck stops with me. Last week, we made a mistake. We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted.

Over the past couple of days, I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused. At the same time, I have had conversations with Post editors about the situation and I can assure you - without a doubt - that the only intent of that cartoon was to mock a badly written piece of legislation. It was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately, it was interpreted by many as such.

We all hold the readers of the New York Post in high regard and I promise you that we will seek to be more attuned to the sensitivities of our community. Source: NY Post

Thank you and I hope all the other folks out there who feel that they can engage is such obvious race-baiting, will take heed and simply understand our position when we say: not this time to racist behavior. We must also be mindful of the fact that this isn't an isolated incident. The New York Post and Fox News Channel have engaged in a pattern of racist behavior for a long time and it has to stop. Murdoch rightly said that the buck stops with him. Well, it seems that he has ignored many more actions of this nature. President Obama deserves the respect of all Americans, including the wannabe white conservative nutjob Michelle Malkin who said that we owed Sean Delonas an apology.

Michelle Malkin Says We Owe Sean Delonas An Apology for the Outrage Over the His Chimp Editorial Cartoon

Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin saw nothing wrong with the NY Post's chimp cartoon. I am not surprised. I visited her site just to see the hateful rhetoric she would be spewing. Below is an excerpt from her post on her blog. Funny, I wonder if she was offended when Miley Cyrus stretched her eyelids to look Asian or I wonder if Michelle Malkin would get upset if someone called her a "chink." So, it is downright ridiculous for her to make hay out of a terrible situation. I think she has forgotten what her ethnic background is. To same holds true for CNN Contributor Amy Holmes, who said that it was only a cartoon.

Going ape over the New York Post
By Michelle Malkin • February 19, 2009 11:12 PM

Al Sharpton and his race racketeers went ape over New York Post staffer Sean Delonas’s anti-stimulus editorial cartoon involving that famous crazed chimp. They picketed the News Corp. building, organized boycotts, targeted advertisers, floated a challenge to Rupert Murdoch’s FCC license — and now the New York Post has apologized.

Oops. Can I say “went ape” anymore? How about “going bananas?” Shall I refrain from asking the race demagogues to quit “monkeying around?” Do I erase “It’s a jungle out there” and “It’s a zoo” from my lexicon? How about “beastly?”

Just a few yelps from Sharpton and the professional protesters who see RAAAAACISM in every inkblot prompted the spunky tab (for whom I write and proudly so) to apologize to “those who were offended by the image.” The Post then goes on to observe in its statement on Sharpton’s cartoon jihad:

…there are some in the media and in public life who have had differences with The Post in the past - and they see the incident as an opportunity for payback. To them, no apology is due.

The only people “offended by the image” of the crazed cartoon chimp — who clearly symbolized the crazed lawmakers on the Hill who passed the stimulus in a frenzy — are the opportunists. No apology is due to anyone except cartoonist Delonas, whose character has been smeared by the manufacturers of grievances demanding his head.

Too many in the MSM continue to treat Sharpton as an entertaining clown, instead of the rabid hound he has always been. (”Hound.” Is that acceptable?)

This is the moral of the story: Submission to racial intimidation yields only more racial intimidation. You don’t get the monkey off your back by feeding it. Yeah, I said “get the monkey off your back.” Sue me. Source: Michelle Malkin

I have to wonder where Michelle Malkin's scruples lie. I am sure she has been discriminated against because she is of Asian descent. In case she hasn't noticed, she still hasn't crossed over to the other side. So, she says that Mr. Delonas is owed an apology. By whom? Who drew the cartoon that incited all this anger? Come on Michelle Malkin, you are a parent, how would you explain racism to your kids? That there is none and blacks are just running around seeking to start trouble? Or how do you explain the slant-eyed jokes aimed at people of Asian descent, like you?

For the record, Ms. Malkin, I take offense to being called a race racketeer. When you have been discriminated against because of the color of your skin, had to sit at the back of a bus, not by choice but against your will; had to use a separate entrance or sit in a "negro section" at the theater; you couldn't attend a university because of the color of your skin; beaten and lynched; basically treated like horsesh**, then you have earned the right to call someone a race racketeer. I spent my formative years in Jamaica, where it was never about race, but about your economic means. I grew up with the mindset that I am limited only by my capabilities. That was not the case in the United States of America 40 years ago, and persists in some pockets of the country to this very day. So, the notion that we accept your rhetoric is insulting on so many levels.

To all my readers, spread the word and tell your friends about Michelle Malkin's empty rhetoric. She seems to have a big problem with racism. She seems to think we are making it all up!

Michelle Malkin Says We Owe Sean Delonas An Apology for the Outrage Over the His Chimp Editorial Cartoon

Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin saw nothing wrong with the NY Post's chimp cartoon. I am not surprised. I visited her site just to see the hateful rhetoric she would be spewing. Below is an excerpt from her post on her blog. Funny, I wonder if she was offended when Miley Cyrus stretched her eyelids to look Asian or I wonder if Michelle Malkin would get upset if someone called her a "chink." So, it is downright ridiculous for her to make hay out of a terrible situation. I think she has forgotten what her ethnic background is. To same holds true for CNN Contributor Amy Holmes, who said that it was only a cartoon.

Going ape over the New York Post
By Michelle Malkin • February 19, 2009 11:12 PM

Al Sharpton and his race racketeers went ape over New York Post staffer Sean Delonas’s anti-stimulus editorial cartoon involving that famous crazed chimp. They picketed the News Corp. building, organized boycotts, targeted advertisers, floated a challenge to Rupert Murdoch’s FCC license — and now the New York Post has apologized.

Oops. Can I say “went ape” anymore? How about “going bananas?” Shall I refrain from asking the race demagogues to quit “monkeying around?” Do I erase “It’s a jungle out there” and “It’s a zoo” from my lexicon? How about “beastly?”

Just a few yelps from Sharpton and the professional protesters who see RAAAAACISM in every inkblot prompted the spunky tab (for whom I write and proudly so) to apologize to “those who were offended by the image.” The Post then goes on to observe in its statement on Sharpton’s cartoon jihad:

…there are some in the media and in public life who have had differences with The Post in the past - and they see the incident as an opportunity for payback. To them, no apology is due.

The only people “offended by the image” of the crazed cartoon chimp — who clearly symbolized the crazed lawmakers on the Hill who passed the stimulus in a frenzy — are the opportunists. No apology is due to anyone except cartoonist Delonas, whose character has been smeared by the manufacturers of grievances demanding his head.

Too many in the MSM continue to treat Sharpton as an entertaining clown, instead of the rabid hound he has always been. (”Hound.” Is that acceptable?)

This is the moral of the story: Submission to racial intimidation yields only more racial intimidation. You don’t get the monkey off your back by feeding it. Yeah, I said “get the monkey off your back.” Sue me. Source: Michelle Malkin

I have to wonder where Michelle Malkin's scruples lie. I am sure she has been discriminated against because she is of Asian descent. In case she hasn't noticed, she still hasn't crossed over to the other side. So, she says that Mr. Delonas is owed an apology. By whom? Who drew the cartoon that incited all this anger? Come on Michelle Malkin, you are a parent, how would you explain racism to your kids? That there is none and blacks are just running around seeking to start trouble? Or how do you explain the slant-eyed jokes aimed at people of Asian descent, like you?

For the record, Ms. Malkin, I take offense to being called a race racketeer. When you have been discriminated against because of the color of your skin, had to sit at the back of a bus, not by choice but against your will; had to use a separate entrance or sit in a "negro section" at the theater; you couldn't attend a university because of the color of your skin; beaten and lynched; basically treated like horsesh**, then you have earned the right to call someone a race racketeer. I spent my formative years in Jamaica, where it was never about race, but about your economic means. I grew up with the mindset that I am limited only by my capabilities. That was not the case in the United States of America 40 years ago, and persists in some pockets of the country to this very day. So, the notion that we accept your rhetoric is insulting on so many levels.

To all my readers, spread the word and tell your friends about Michelle Malkin's empty rhetoric. She seems to have a big problem with racism. She seems to think we are making it all up!

Is Rupert Murdoch's New York Post Calling President Obama a Monkey in its Latest Editorial Cartoon?

So, after Rev. Al Sharpton made some off-the-cuff comments about Gen. Colin Powell at a recent speech at Middlebury College, he has rightly criticized the New York Post. He is demanding that the newspaper, which has come under fire in the past for racially-tinged cartoons, explain what it meant in its latest controversial offering. The cartoon suggests that the stimulus bill was so bad, monkeys may as well have written it. The incorporation of violence and, on a sinister level, race into politics is bound to be controversial. Rightly so.

Displayed prominently on today’s editorial pages, the cartoon depicts two police officers – one with his smoking gun drawn – standing over what appears to be a dead chimpanzee in a pool of blood. One officer says to the other: “Now they’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.”

Hmmm. Are they referring to the dead chimp as the president of the United States? That's weird and I have to wonder what the intent of the cartoon is. Okay, the massive $787 billion stimulus bill was signed into law yesterday and the cops shot a crazy chimpanzee, but what do they have in common? Could it be President Obama being portrayed as a rabid chimpanzee? We all know that blacks are portrayed as monkeys repeatedly, so that is a sound conclusion to draw. With that in mind, Mr. Rupert Murdoch and his posse owe us an explanation and an apology. Funny, Matt Drudge has been a big critic of Barack Obama and his Administration and this cartoon is conveniently absent from the Drudge Report. It is also missing from Fox News Channel's website, but I expected nothing different.

Is Rupert Murdoch's New York Post Calling President Obama a Monkey in its Latest Editorial Cartoon?

So, after Rev. Al Sharpton made some off-the-cuff comments about Gen. Colin Powell at a recent speech at Middlebury College, he has rightly criticized the New York Post. He is demanding that the newspaper, which has come under fire in the past for racially-tinged cartoons, explain what it meant in its latest controversial offering. The cartoon suggests that the stimulus bill was so bad, monkeys may as well have written it. The incorporation of violence and, on a sinister level, race into politics is bound to be controversial. Rightly so.

Displayed prominently on today’s editorial pages, the cartoon depicts two police officers – one with his smoking gun drawn – standing over what appears to be a dead chimpanzee in a pool of blood. One officer says to the other: “Now they’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.”

Hmmm. Are they referring to the dead chimp as the president of the United States? That's weird and I have to wonder what the intent of the cartoon is. Okay, the massive $787 billion stimulus bill was signed into law yesterday and the cops shot a crazy chimpanzee, but what do they have in common? Could it be President Obama being portrayed as a rabid chimpanzee? We all know that blacks are portrayed as monkeys repeatedly, so that is a sound conclusion to draw. With that in mind, Mr. Rupert Murdoch and his posse owe us an explanation and an apology. Funny, Matt Drudge has been a big critic of Barack Obama and his Administration and this cartoon is conveniently absent from the Drudge Report. It is also missing from Fox News Channel's website, but I expected nothing different.