Dallas Morning News quietly (doesn't bother to tell its readers until several of them ask pointed questions) substitutes old Doonesbury cartoon strips for contemporary ones.
Why? Too tough on Trump.
This is how journalism discredits itself -- with cowardice in the face of loathing from a would-be dictator who's made it clear that destroying the press (the honest ones anyway) is part of his mission.
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/public-editor/2024/10/02/public-editor-whats-happening-with-doonesbury-in-the-dmn/
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