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zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to Australian News@aussie.zoneEnglish · 8 months ago

The Age retires Michael Leunig after 55 years

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The Age retires Michael Leunig after 55 years

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zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to Australian News@aussie.zoneEnglish · 8 months ago
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Cartoonist Michael Leunig, a fixture for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, for 55 years, was laid off along with dozens of others across Nine Entertainment Co’s chaing of newspapers. The media company claims the layoffs were necessary due to declining advertising and the loss of $15 million in revenue from Meta. Michael says...
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    Seriously! Comparing antivax to tienneman square? Yikes.

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      8 months ago

      And he’s doubled down on that in an interview with the ABC.

      I was submitting cartoons just questioning all this.

      Where “this”, he alleges, is police shooting rubber bullets into the backs of proper leaving a protest. Certainly bad if it did happen, but Jesus Christ it’s nowhere near comparable to Tiananmen Square.

      He also complains about “woke” and being “cancelled”.

      https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-drive/michael-leunig-reflects-on-55-years-of-cartooning/104301324

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