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ckkatz6/17/2018 11:46:29 pm PDT

Folks asked about the opinion article by Rob Rogers, former cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. His article was published June 15. In it he talks about how the Post-Gazette has changed over the past decade, how it affected him, and his plans through 2020.

I Was Fired for Making Fun of Trump
By Rob Rogers
June 15, 2018

“After 25 years as the editorial cartoonist for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, I was fired on Thursday.

I blame Donald Trump.

Well, sort of.

I should’ve seen it coming. When I had lunch with my new boss a few months ago, he informed me that the paper’s publisher believed that the editorial cartoonist was akin to an editorial writer, and that his views should reflect the philosophy of the newspaper.

That was a new one to me.”

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nytimes.com