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Cat in a spat: Why scrapping Dr Seuss books is not cancel culture On what would have been Dr Seuss’s 117th birthday, plans were announced to halt publishing and licensing six of his books. Mar 07, 2021 · 05:30 pm A copy of "If I Ran The Zoo" by Dr Seuss, which the publisher said will no longer be published. | Brendan McDermid / Reuters Let’s start by putting aside the bugbear that it is even possible to “cancel” children’s author Dr Seuss. As Philip Bump wrote in No one is ‘cancelling’ Dr Seuss. The author, himself, is dead for one thing, which is abou...

Anna Nordberg March 4, 2021Updated: March 5, 2021, 3:48 pm Dr. Seuss children’s books “If I Ran the Zoo,” “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” “On Beyond Zebra!” and “McElligot’s Pool” are among the books that will no longer be published because of racist and insensitive imagery. Photo: Christopher Dolan, Associated Press When Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced — on what would have been the author’s 117th birthday — that it would stop publication of six of Seuss’ most problematic children’s books, the internet lost its collective mind. On on...

Children’s books are among those most often banned or censored. In this case, removing the Dr Seuss titles recognises that he was writing in a time and place when racial stereotyping was commonplace and frequently the focus of humour.

A fictitious tale about a TV news anchor whose ratings were in the toilet, Network prophesied a ratings-at-all-costs style of broadcasting where the aim of fueling shock, anger and resentment replaced the nobler objectives of educating and informing. Fast forward a half-century after the release of these two films: Local newspapers are shuttering, ad revenue is evaporating for all but the largest publications, public trust is cratering, influential TV news personalities embrace far-fetched conspiracy theories, and the rise of click-bait and social media algorithms are distorting the lens thr...

In 1976 moviegoers were treated to two great, though radically different, films about the news business.