Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes, resigned from The Washington Post, citing the paper's decision to block her satirical cartoon. The cartoon depicts billionaires, including one resembling Post owner Jeff Bezos, kneeling before President-elect Donald Trump. Telnaes said in a blog post that this was the first time a cartoon was “killed” due to its subject matter. The Post's editorial page editor, David Shipley, stated that the rejection was due to editorial redundancy, not bias. The Washington Post reported that Jeff Bezos blocked the paper’s planned endorsement of Kamala Harris before the presidential election. Bezos pledged $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund and was among several billionaires who met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after his election victory.
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00:02Amazon Prime Video announced it has licensed a documentary film on Melania Trump.
00:07Prime Video has secured exclusive rights to the documentary for theatrical and streaming release.
00:13Filming began in December 2024 with a planned release in late 2025.
00:18Prime Video's announcement follows reports of Jeff Bezos meeting with President-elect Trump
00:23and his $1 million inaugural fund donation.
00:26The deal coincides with controversy at Bezos-owned Washington Post,
00:31where cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after her satire of tech billionaires kneeling
00:36to Trump was blocked.