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Iremoved "The cartoon dually referred to U.S. president Obama and to the recent rampage ofTravis, a former chimpanzee actor." [User:Objective3000|Objective3000]] laterchanged "It [i.e. the cartoon] was criticized ..." to "Comparing Obama, a Black president, to a chimpanzee was criticized ..." I have the same objection as I made in my edit summary: this is wikivoiced CNN speculation that the cartoon was about Mr Obama, though the cartoonist had told CNN "It's absolutely friggin ridiculous." Any other opinions?Peter Gulutzan (talk)14:31, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your first cite says "has been widely criticized" and then points to an earlier article where e.g. a politician says the Post should clarify after hearing about Sharpton's remarks; your second cite says "appeared to compare"; your third cite says "some have interpreted as comparing" and quotes Sharpton; your fourth cite says "Many critics said", etc. You decided that mush merits wikivoicing something which cannot be established except by telepathy. It's plausible that one of the policemen is suggesting the bill could have been written by a chimpanzee; Mr Obama did not write the bill.Peter Gulutzan (talk)13:51, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Of course the president didn't personally write the bill. The cartoon caption was "They'll have to find someone else to write the nextstimulus bill. Follow the link and Obama is mentioned 22 times. The officer shoots a chimpanzee suggesting that the chimpanzee wrote the bill pushed by the first Black president. Murdoch apologized for the cartoon and Sean Delonas, the Post cartoonist responsible for the monkey image, has frequently been accused of bigotry.[5]O3000, Ret. (talk)14:38, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
level-5 vital article is ratedC-class on Wikipedia'scontent assessment scale.
