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Hearst reportedly told employees to be careful about "controversial" statements in the wake of comments that a fashion editor made about the Israel-Hamas war.

In an interview with Fox, political cartoonist Michael Ramirez sounded off on The Washington Post's decision to pull his work mocking Hamas following liberal backlash.

Western journalists are turning a blind eye to Israel's deliberate targeting and killing of their Palestinian colleagues, an unprecedented attack on press freedom in recorded history

Cartoonist: Wash Post's Removal of Work Blow to Free Speech

The removal of the cartoon was made because of claims that the cartoon was racist. In the Washington Post's physical newspaper, however, the cartoon was published as planned. 

No one can watch what I have seen and not be changed by it. Late Thursday afternoon, I was one of about 20 journalists at a private screening of the raw footage of the 10/7 Hamas attack on Israel .

The paper's opinion editor admitted he “missed something profound and divisive" about the illustration, which was titled “Human Shields."

Washington Post Removes Hamas Cartoon Deemed Racist

The papers opinion editor admitted he “missed something profound and divisive" about the illustration, which was titled “Human Shields."