Apple: Ridicule Obama, but Don’t Bash Tiger Woods

[pokerfan]

Interesting....

Should newspaper editorial cartoonists be banned from drawing cartoons about some selected, famous people? Many believe we should not be allowed to draw the Prophet Muhammad – but how about banning us from drawing Tiger Woods? If Apple has its way, iPhone users won’t see cartoonists commenting about Tiger, and other topics that might ridicule selected public figures.

I distribute my own cartoons, and the work of dozens of other top editorial cartoonists from around the world to newspapers, Web sites and now to Apple’s iPhone and iPad. As the audience for news and opinion has grown on the iPhone, we’ve put more effort into developing editorial cartoon apps that show all the latest cartoons that the cartoonists draw on different topics. Apple approved our “msnbc.com Obama Cartoons” app that shows the latest newspaper editorial cartoons drawn about President Obama, but Apple rejected our app on the topic of Tiger Woods. It seems that Tiger crosses an editorial line at Apple.

http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2010/04/24/apple-you-can-ridicule-obama-but-don%e2%80%99t-bash-tiger-woods

[madrchsod]

1. apple banned award winning cartoonist...

mark fiore (spelling)....why would anyone buy something that restricts what you can do with an item that you own?

you really do`t own an apple phone and pad if they restrict what you can do with them.

[Peregrine]

2. The changed their minds

I have the fiore app on my phone,

[pokerfan]

4. Only after the bad publicity I suspect... (nt)

[unhappycamper]

3. Apple has it backwards:

Ridicule Obama Tiger Woods, but Don’t Bash Tiger Woods Obama.

Fuck Apple and the horse they rode in on.