'News & Record' Editor Comments on 'Doonesbury' Strip Set for Next Wednesday
Posted: 10/31/2008 | By: E&P Staff
John Robinson, editor of the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C., writes today that the ?Doonesbury? strip scheduled for next Wednesday, following Election Day, is set in Iraq -- with his military characters sitting around a television as Barack Obama is declared the next President of the United States.
?Risky? Reckless?? Robinson wrote on his on his ?Editor?s Log? blog. ?Not for a cartoonist, but there's some discussion on the journalism listservs that suggests that this assumed outcome of Tuesday's election is a limb too far for newspapers.
"I don't understand that concern, given Trudeau's cartooning history," he adds. "I'm thinking that if McCain wins, the embarrassment is Trudeau's, not ours. Isn't there anyone who doesn't think he's liberal? Besides, if McCain does win, just imagine how much fun it will be to watch how Trudeau handles the turnabout.?
The editor also notes that Universal Press Syndicate is offering a replacement strip -- reruns from August -- ?which would be even stranger to run next week, seems to me,? he adds, and asks readers for their thoughts.
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?Risky? Reckless?? Robinson wrote on his on his ?Editor?s Log? blog. ?Not for a cartoonist, but there's some discussion on the journalism listservs that suggests that this assumed outcome of Tuesday's election is a limb too far for newspapers.
"I don't understand that concern, given Trudeau's cartooning history," he adds. "I'm thinking that if McCain wins, the embarrassment is Trudeau's, not ours. Isn't there anyone who doesn't think he's liberal? Besides, if McCain does win, just imagine how much fun it will be to watch how Trudeau handles the turnabout.?
The editor also notes that Universal Press Syndicate is offering a replacement strip -- reruns from August -- ?which would be even stranger to run next week, seems to me,? he adds, and asks readers for their thoughts.
Check it out, Listen now, here.