Alt-Weekly Blog Blasts AJC Decision



I enjoyed this blog post blasting the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's decision not to run this week's Doonesbury cartoon both for the vigor of its criticism and its adroit employment of Hall of Fame insult phrase "panties in a wad." I'm sympathetic to editors that run their comics page from a defensive crouch -- people are looking for a reason to drop newspapers, and distaste for something a cartoonist does is as good a reason to go on-line as any. Still, there's no way in heck that I'd consider a move like Trudeau's anything worth worrying about, let alone a reason to suspend, so it's good to see them criticized.

As a side note, I find it interesting when a newspaper runs Doonesbury with a conservative strip like Mallard Fillmore or Prickly City. Doonesbury is an all-timer, which makes pairing it off against strips that aren't quite that good seem to me more of a disservice to the notion of balanced political statements. It's like a civic group offering a lunch with your choice of politically-minded celebrity, Matt Damon or Robert Novak.
 
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