[Media-watch] MSNBC pull Ted Rall cartoon - MSNBC - 3/05/2004

[Julie-ann Davies]

Cartoon can be seen at:
http://www.ucomics.com/rallcom/

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MSNBC explanation
3 May 2004

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4893131/

Why we pulled Monday's Ted Rall cartoon
Item did not meet MSNBC standards of fairness and taste
MSNBC.com pulled a cartoon by syndicated political cartoonist Ted Rall on
Monday.

Rall's cartoon, distributed widely by Universal Press Syndicate to scores of
newspapers and Web sites, concerned the late Pat Tillman, the NFL player who
quit football to join the Army. Tillman was killed last month in
Afghanistan.

The cartoon, like others on MSNBC.com, is published daily on the site via an
automated syndication feed. Such feeds are rarely reviewed. However,
MSNBC.com Editor in chief Dean Wright concluded Monday's Rall item did not
meet MSNBC.com standards of fairness and taste.