Spike (Lee) takes the mike at the Feb. 20 demonstration in front the Newscorp building. Newscorp is Rupert Murdoch's media holding company for the Post. At least a hundred outraged New Yorkers showed up to vent their anger at cartoon that portrayed President Obama as slain monkey. The Post claims it was a parody of the recent police shooting of a crazed chimpanzee in Connecticut. The demonstrators were demanding the cartoonist and the editor to be sacked. Also, they called for a boycott of the tabloid.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Protest at New York Post
Spike (Lee) takes the mike at the Feb. 20 demonstration in front the Newscorp building. Newscorp is Rupert Murdoch's media holding company for the Post. At least a hundred outraged New Yorkers showed up to vent their anger at cartoon that portrayed President Obama as slain monkey. The Post claims it was a parody of the recent police shooting of a crazed chimpanzee in Connecticut. The demonstrators were demanding the cartoonist and the editor to be sacked. Also, they called for a boycott of the tabloid.
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