WaPo Writers Ask for Readers' Opinions on Cruz Cartoon Controversy

In the editor's seat.

After Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt pulled an illustration from editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes that was published yesterday, Michael Cavna and David Betancourt opened the question to Post readers: “The Post just pulled a Ted Cruz cartoon,” read the headline of their piece discussing the fallout from the controversial cartoon. “Would you have published it?”

Here, via Cavna and Betancourt, is a description of Telnaes’ illustration:

Her cartoon in question satirizes GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz, and on the Post’s website, her post was headlined, “Ted Cruz uses his kids as political props.”

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