Cartoonist David Fitzsimmons, long of the Arizona Daily Star, derided the recent announcement by Gannett that they were slashing most of their op/ed pages, and dropping all syndicated material — including cartoons.
“If the lifeblood of journalism is ink then the opinion page is the beating heart. It’s where emotion, subjectivity and debate are encouraged.
“Well, fret away, dear readers, because across our troubled democracy many a corporate high priest is cutting the beating hearts out of their small town and big city newspapers on the sacrificial altar of profit.”
Read all about it here:
https://tucson.com/opinion/local/fitzs-opinion-a-cartoonist-returns-to-find-an-american-press-in-peril/article_1ce4324a-f193-11ec-9881-4f5df0b1da04.html