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Boston Globe
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Death threats over Texas flooding cartoon force museum journalism event to be postponed
The Buffalo Newspaper Guild said a happy hour event Thursday at the Buffalo History Museum called 'Drawing Support for Local Journalism' was postponed amid the backlash. The free, public event was planned to highlight the need for local journalism at a museum exhibit of Zyglis' work. Advertisement But the guild said plans to protest and confront Zyglis at the event led to death threats against the cartoonist 'and a deluge of other direct threats to hurt him and his family.' 'We wholly condemn the individuals who have chosen to twist a positive, public event into an attempt to terrorize and silence Zyglis, spread fear among journalists and their supporters, and distort the mission of a free press,' the guild said in an online post. Zyglis posted the guild announcement on Instagram and commented: 'Threats to me and my family are never an acceptable response to disagreeing with an editorial cartoon.' Advertisement The guild said the event will be rescheduled.
Winnipeg Free Press
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
Death threats over Texas flooding cartoon force museum journalism event to be postponed
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An event in support of local reporting was postponed after death threats against a journalist for his newspaper editorial cartoon about the catastrophic flooding in Texas, according to a union. An online fury erupted this week over an editorial cartoon in The Buffalo News by Pulitzer Prize-winner Adam Zyglis showing a man in a MAGA cap being swept away by the Texas floodwaters. Nose deep in the water, the man is holding up a sign that reads 'Help' and a speech bubble floating downstream says: 'Gov't is the problem not the solution.' At least 120 people were killed in the Texas flooding and more than 170 were missing. The Buffalo Newspaper Guild said a happy hour event Thursday at the Buffalo History Museum called 'Drawing Support for Local Journalism' was postponed amid the backlash. The free, public event was planned to highlight the need for local journalism at a museum exhibit of Zyglis' work. But the guild said plans to protest and confront Zyglis at the event led to death threats against the cartoonist 'and a deluge of other direct threats to hurt him and his family.' 'We wholly condemn the individuals who have chosen to twist a positive, public event into an attempt to terrorize and silence Zyglis, spread fear among journalists and their supporters, and distort the mission of a free press,' the guild said in an online post. Zyglis posted the guild announcement on Instagram and commented: 'Threats to me and my family are never an acceptable response to disagreeing with an editorial cartoon.' The guild said the event will be rescheduled.
Politico
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Politico
Buffalo Newspaper Guild event canceled after threats against cartoonist
In the cartoon, a man submerged in the water wearing a MAGA hat held up a sign that said 'help.' A floating text box in the water read 'gov't is the problem not the solution.' 'Tomorrow's lines… that argument's gone in a flash,' Zyglis captioned an Instagram post sharing the cartoon. This cartoon attracted some attention in conservative media, with Fox News running an article and a White House spokesperson saying it was 'shameful and disgusting' in a statement. Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-N.Y.), who represents Buffalo, condemned the threats in a post on X, saying the cartoonist 'uses his art to challenge, question, and inspire,' and 'threats of violence against journalists are an attack on all of us.' And Michael Kracker, the chair of the Republican Party of Erie County — where Buffalo is located — said that he agrees that Zyglis should not be harassed and threatened but called the cartoon 'vile' and 'hurtful.' 'We can and must respectfully condemn the Buffalo News for its shameful and heartless decision to publish a cartoon that disrespected the victims and families in Texas,' he said in a post on X. 'But do so with the respect and empathy the Buffalo News failed to.'
