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Toronto Sun apologizes for cartoon [1]

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Date: 2023-12-22  

Editor at the Toronto Sun does the right thing after blowback...

“Earlier this week, we ran a cartoon depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy picking the pocket of U.S. President Joe Biden.

The cartoon did not meet our editorial standards, we were wrong to run it and we apologize.

It falsely implied American aid to Ukraine involves theft.

It was hurtful to Canadians of Ukrainian origin, and to all Ukrainians, fighting an existential struggle against Russian aggression.

It also used anti-Semitic stereotypes in its depiction of Zelenskyy.

It was hurtful to Canadians of Jewish origin, and to the Jewish people, currently under assault from a global wave of anti-Semitism.

We failed them and we failed all of you, our readers.

The syndicated cartoonist behind the cartoon will no longer run in our newspaper.

We promise to do better in the future.”

– Adrienne Batra, Editor in Chief

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