Monday's Doonesbury

[pokerfan]

First entry in the series banned in American newspapers



http://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/doonesbury/s-1108228

[Justice wanted]

1. He is nailing it sqaure on the head.

[pa28]

2. Thanks for posting because my paper has decided not to run it.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianeditors/2012/03/doonesbury_editors_decide_not.html

"In our judgment, went over the line of good taste and humor in penning a series on abortion using graphic language and images inappropriate for a comics page".

Requiring an emotionally upsetting and invasive ultrasounds for a legal procedure was not newsworthy to the Oregonian. An understated comic strip calling attention to the absurdity required emergency measures!

[Skittles]

3. they're more upset by the cartoon than the travesty it is making fun of

WTF

[pokerfan]

7. Not the first time the Oregonian has been accused of leaning right

http://www.blueoregon.com/2011/06/oregonian-newsroom-tilting-right/

http://www.onpdx.com/portland/why-i-am-cancelling-the-oregonian/

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=174x7025

[davidpdx]

11. That pissed me off when I heard the Oregonian didn't run it.

I used to comment a lot of Blue Oregon

[Mumble]

13. Banning a comic strip only hides the truth from the American people.

Cancel your newspaper subscriptions for those who banned the comic strip. They should ban the legislatures that pass these utterly ridiculous laws.

[HughBeaumont]

17. My right wing fishwrap pulled this crap with a "Non Sequitur" once:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002163403

And as you can see, as usual, people on here defend such practices.

[MADem]

37. More people will see it BECAUSE some papers are censoring it.

I can't tell you when the last time I saw one of those Doonesbury's was, before this one popped up...but the year probably had a zero in it...

Love the way they try to "protect" people from commentary--all it does is create a buzz.

[femmocrat]

39. Exactly!

I would never have seen it if it wasn't posted here. Thanks, pokerfan!

I doubt if our local right-wing birdcage-liner would print such a shocker!

[Hissyspit]

4. Scarlet letter.

[Taverner]

28. I noticed that!

"A"

[marasinghe]

5. thanks, very much. been looking around; could not find it.

and thanks for the website, too.

[freshwest]

6. Thanks, looks harmless to me. Shouldn't have been censored.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

22. Same here - this is a mild criticism of the insane policy compared to what it could have been

But then probably any sarcasm leveled against this policy would have met the same fate.

[freshwest]

29. More proof that ALL forms of media is GOP/RW owned.

These papers should get the same treatment that the radio stations have gotten over Rush.

[2ndAmForComputers]

8. Behold the power of the Streisand Effect.

[pokerfan]

9. One would think that papers would be trying to keep readers

instead of driving them to the Internet.

[Speck Tater]

10. Banned in SOME American newspapers. Some are brave enough to run it. nt

[Chorophyll]

12. So shocking. Ban it! Ban it, I say!

I hope I don't need to put sarcasm and rage thingies here.

[StopTheNeoCons]

14. http://www.doonesbury.com/ better site, no bullet ads

[pokerfan]

30. I agree

But they didn't yet have it last night when I created the OP.

[zipplewrath]

15. Orlando Sentinel

Apparently the Sentinel isn't running it, and I can't find any place that they have explained why. Just started running reruns.

[CTyankee]

16. It is running in our local paper, the New Haven Register, usually a republican oriented paper.

Of course, the lunatic fringe around our great People's Republic of New Haven are having their heads explode this morning...but so be it.

I'm sure we'll see their screams to LTTE later this week...

[MorningGlow]

18. Gannett paper running an innocuous rerun

Shame on them. Cowards. Ignoring it won't make it go away.

[Riverman100]

19. Online availability

So far Gocomics.com seems to be running the strip

[joanbarnes]

20. Thanks. Didn't see this in the Bible Belt newspaper....

[TahitiNut]

21. The big, red "A" is classic Trudeau. Subliminal parody.

[JNelson6563]

24. +1

[JNelson6563]

23. Bob forbid we print that in the newspapers!

Damn librul meeeedia!!!!!!!!

[Angry Dragon]

25. kick

[BumRushDaShow]

26. Hester Prynne 2012. Touche! n/t

[HisTomness]

27. So I take this to mean that newspapers still exist :) \nt

[pokerfan]

32. Apparently

I actually have no idea if my local fish wrap is carrying it this week as they don't carry comics online. I might have to pick up today's paper to see if it's in there,

[benld74]

31. STL Post Dispatch ran article saying they were NOT going to run it,

Then I saw it on their online version! Running is printing I guess,,,

[northoftheborder]

33. Austin American Statesman ran it, in it's usual place in classified.

[Solly Mack]

34. K&R

[dixiegrrrrl]

35. Thank you pokerfan!!!!!

[CraftyGal]

36. Expect more of the same as it is a series of comics...

here is the commentary on it...http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/11/comic-strip-controversy-of-the-day/

[WillyT]

38. HUGE K & R !!!

[MrMickeysMom]

40. I was grateful that Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wouldn't think twice about carrying it...

Nor, are they scared of any reactions (the occasional small minded ones) over Bob Rogers political cartoons.

This new character on Doonesbury is welcomed by this reader. I love Trudeau!

[zombielogic]

41. Spam deleted by greyl (MIR Team)

[hay rick]

42. K&R

[beyurslf]

43. Thanks for posting this!