Thursday, June 14, 2018
This isn't the only news the Post-Gazette has made surrounding Trump. In January, the Post-Gazette ran an editorial defending Trump and his racist remarks about immigrants from African countries. This led to widespread condemnation and unionized P-G staffers publishing a letter to the editor denouncing the editorial. It was later revealed that new Post-Gazette editorial director Keith Burris wrote that editorial.A political cartoonist is having his drawings sidelined for being critical of Trump. Are we ending satire and a critical sense of humor under this growing authoritarian rule? https://t.co/iAy7tRKZoZ
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) June 7, 2018
complete garbage move by Burris and JR Block, two people whose histories suggest that such decisions are par for the course.
— Chris Mueller (@ChrisMuellerPGH) June 14, 2018
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