Was an editor at the New York Post fired because of her criticism of a cartoon allegedly comparing President Obama with a dead chimp?

 
The Associated Press is reporting that New York Post parent company News Corp. is forming an external diversity council in response to pressure over a widely-circulated and much-maligned cartoon by staffer Sean Delonas that critics said compared President Barack Obama to a dead chimpanzee.
The cartoon first appeared on February 18, and critics became so vocal [...]

Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the New York Post’s parent company News Corp, has issued an apology to readers for the controversial cartoon it published last Wednesday that many saw as a racist attack on Barack Obama.
“We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who [...]

Here is today’s cartoon for Editor & Publisher.
Last Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. labeled the United States “essentially a nation of cowards” when it comes to race relations.
I don’t think his intention of a “nuanced, principled and spirited” debate meant protesters, led by an impartial judge in Rev. Al Sharpton, calling for the [...]

More cartoonists have weighed in on the Delonas chimp cartoon that appeared in Wednesday’s New York Post, including Tony Auth of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Mark Streeter at the Savannah Morning News.
Hate that chimp cartoon? You can bid on the Web URL BoycottTheNewYorkPost.com at eBay. [H/T - Mike Lynch]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Tony Norman thinks Sean [...]

New York City Councilman John Liu says he wants the Secret Service to investigate the controversial New York Post cartoon.
Daryl Cagle talks about the controversial cartoon on his blog.
Cagle.com cartoonist Justin Bilicki has put his thoughts about the controversy into his own cartoon.
So has Wayne Stroot of the Hastings Tribune.
Prior to the Delonas [...]

Poynter Institute will be holding an online chat today from 1:15-1:45 p.m. EST about yesterday’s controversial cartoon by New York Post’s editorial cartoonist Sean Delonas.
Participating in the discussion will be American Association of Editorial Cartoonists President Ted Rall and Eric Deggans, the media critic for the St. Petersburg Times.

Jessica Simpson is being defended by her ex-husband, Nick Lachey, against nasty criticism about her weight.
“I think it’s ridiculous that the media is making such a big deal about it,” he told the Associated Press at his Super Skins Celebrity Golf Classic party. “It’s ridiculous that it would be making headlines. But you can’t believe [...]

Nicole Hollander talks to the Chicago Tribune about creating her comic strip Sylvia for 30 years.
Syndicated cartoonist Matt Bors slams New York Post cartoonist Sean Delonas for one-too-many “Miracle on the Hudson” cartoon references.
The writers at Jezebel didn’t like this cartoon by Belleville Globe Democrat cartoonist Glenn McCoy.
The Baseball Hall of Fame has requested [...]

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) recently identified the worst anti-gay and anti-transgender voices of 2008, and New York Post cartoonist Sean Delonas made the list.
Delonas, who has been the subject of three GLAAD calls to Action, was sited for a cartoon that he completed after openly gay actor George Takei announced his [...]