Post-Dispatch Defends Matson Cartoon

An RJ Matson cartoon in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that drew criticism through re-posting on the the newspaper's blog resulted in an interesting response by the deputy editor of the publication's editorial page. In his post, Kevin Horrigan talks about the process through which Matson checked in with editorial during the cartoon's creation -- elements of the Klan member's uniform were called into question -- and further asserts that not only was Matson's opinion within the realm of fair play given the paper's commitment to hosting informed opinion, but that the paper itself was considering changes along the same line.

I guess that isn't much of a story now that I type it all out, but I liked the substantive nature of the response and the fact that the editorial cartoon is a major player on the main blog.
 
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