[OT]Please read Dork Tower today.

[herald]

Dork Tower

Bravo John.

I wish your friend the best.

 

[Henry]

That's some hard news. I wish him the best, and hope he finds another opportunity very soon.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

That's a shame.

I love cartoons in newspapers. They are the one thing that can cheer me up even if the rest of the days news is miserable.

 

[Baron Von StarBlade]

That is a classic example of burning bridges. While I agree it sucks that the guy lost his job, he ripped on his former employer saying they should get rid of plants instead of him. All that does is piss off the employer who may remember it later on down the line. You should never do something like that since who knows when you may have to work for that guy again.

 

[TiQuinn]

I agree, Baron. While I'd be pissed off as well about being fired, and may have a lot of resentment building up, I'd like to think I'd draw the line at saying or doing something that will put my chances of finding another job in jeopardy.

It's not a recession when you lose your job. It's a recession when you lose your job, can't find another for a year or longer, and have a family to support in the meantime. And while I'm sure that felt good to blast Knight Ridder before he left, I can't see how that will help his circumstances. But at least he still has his right to free speech.

 

[kkoie]

Its a real shame they cut him. A newspaper without cartoons is not a newspaper worth reading. To not have a political cartoon... just doesn't sound right.

 

[KDLadage]

I would just like to add to the pool of symnpathy. I do hope he finds gainful employment soon.

But about burning bridges...

I am not sure. Do you recall when David Letterman used to spout off on his network and about how incompotent they were? After all, he was famous for 'speaking his mind at all times' so it should not have surprised the NBC brass that he was going to 'speak his mind at all times even about them' and I feel the same can be said here.

The man's job was to rip people appart and expose the ugly underside of society -- in a humerous way, sure, but the fact remains that a political cartoonist's job is to tear appart an event in the news or in the current buzz and expose it for what it is (at least what it is in the mind of the cartoonist). So, I think that the people at the paper should not be surprised she this tallented and sharp-witted man turns his pen in the other direction and examines them as well.

Not publishing the final piece, however, is an act of cowardice.

Did he burn bridges? I don't think so. I think he just proved his worth.

 

[TiQuinn]

Do you recall when David Letterman used to spout off on his network and about how incompotent they were? After all, he was famous for 'speaking his mind at all times' so it should not have surprised the NBC brass that he was going to 'speak his mind at all times even about them' and I feel the same can be said here.

The thing of it is: David Letterman is David Letterman. That's why David Letterman can get away with it.

Not publishing the final piece was silly and petty, especially since it had a very important message about perceptions of the economy. But then again, you can do and say a whole lot of things when you have the money and influence to back it up (like Tony Ridder). The rest of us sometimes need to hedge our words.

 

[Goobermunch]

Right, it's all his fault. Because, you know, the editors of newspapers should kill stories and editorials that they don' like. Because, really that's what the press is supposed to be all about.

/sarcasm

--G

 

[Numion]

On another note, last night when I looked into it, half of the threads on the general forum front page were off-topic.

You might ask what that has to do with anything. I might ask what this has to do with anything.