Philadelphia Inquirer
Inquirer editor
Amanda Bennett explains why: "This is the kind of work that newspapers are in business to do. We're running this in order to give people a perspective of what the controversy's about, not to titillate, and we have done that with a whole wide range of images throughout our history." The cartoon was published "discreetly" with a note explaining the rationale. ||
THE PROTEST: More than two dozen people assembled in front of the Inquirer building after the cartoon ran. (Related
SF Chron,
WP and
Newsweek pieces.)
