US EditionDeath threats over Texas flooding cartoon force museum journalism event to be postponed
- An event supporting local reporting was postponed due to death threats against journalist Adam Zyglis over his editorial cartoon about flooding in Texas.
- Zyglis’s cartoon depicted a man in a MAGA cap being swept away by floodwaters and sparked significant online outrage.
- The Buffalo Newspaper Guild condemned the threats against Zyglis, stating they aimed to terrorize and silence him, undermining the mission of a free press.
- Zyglis noted on Instagram that 'threats to me and my family are never an acceptable response to disagreeing with an editorial cartoon.
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Death threats over Texas flooding cartoon force museum journalism event to be postponed
A history museum event in Buffalo supporting local journalism was postponed after death threats against a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist.
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