Indianapolis newspaper alters, then deletes racist Thanksgiving cartoon following complaints

[caraher]

And the Star issues a non-apology apology

Apparently they've managed to induce subscription cancellations both from people offended by the cartoon and from racists offended by any kind of effort to apologize.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Inanity. The intent with or without moustache is clear.

The people coming in through the window are not from Sweden.

[Jokerman]

2. Gary Varvel has always been a right-wing hack.

He's one of the many reasons I refuse to subscribe to the Star.

I've seen his garbage posted in DU collections a few times and I've always complained.

[AwakeAtLast]

3. I will be cancelling tomorrow

I only took Sunday edition for the ads. I can do without.

[AngryOldDem]

5. "Garbage" is being too kind.

Man has no talent and no sense of subtlety.

EDIT TO ADD: What the hell? If I'm reading the Rawstory article correctly, the editor didn't see this before it was published? ("Once it's on the Web we can't take it back...&quot Varvel can just turn in whatever he wants and it gets published? Shit, I worked at a newspaper that had a PULITZER winner and his stuff **always** had to be vetted by the editorial page editor, and there were times his stuff didn't run for various reasons. But Varvel is hands-off?

Again -- the Star sucks.

[Jokerman]

6. I believe that the Star editors were recently laid-off.

I seem to remember an article in the IBJ saying that the last round of cuts included most of the editors.

The newspaper business just isn't what it used to be.

[AngryOldDem]

7. Just about everybody has been laid off from the Star. n/t

[AngryOldDem]

4. Varvel is a disgusting excuse for a political cartoonist.

Just as the Star is a disgusting excuse for a daily newspaper.