Protest Group's Demands Include Firing of Editorial Cartoonist Scott Stantis

A small protest gathering in Birmingham led by local Southern Christian Leadership Conference chapter president Bishop Calvin Woods called for an apology from the Birmingham News and the firing of prominent editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis. The paper and the cartoonist are charged with being racist and unfair in terms of their local coverage. Two cartoons by Stantis, one printed and one put up on the web site briefly -- as a mistake, editors say -- on the subject of the use of race in political campaigns drove the call for the cartoonist's dismissal. Stantis is a well-known conservative editorial cartoonist distributed by Copley News Serve and also the creator of the strip Prickly City. He has been at the News since 1996. The editors deny any and all bias in their coverage.
 
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