"Again, I fall hard in the best interest of large corporations. I am no longer the Editorial Cartoonist for Farm News due to the attached cartoon which was published yesterday. Apparently a large company affiliated with one of the corporations mentioned in the cartoon was insulted and cancelled their advertisement with the paper, thus, resulting in the reprimand of my editor and cancellation of its Friday cartoons after 21 years of service and over 1,090 published cartoons to over 24,000 households per week in 33 counties of Iowa.

    "I did my research and only submitted the facts in my cartoon.

    "That's okay, hopefully my children and my grandchildren will see that this last cartoon published by Farm News out of Fort Dodge, Iowa, will shine light on how fragile our rights to free speech and free press really are in the county."

Cartoon in question:



kleinbl00:

Better article

Monsanto is throwing shade at Dupont Pioneer.

    Rick,

    We just wanted to reach out and reiterate that we value open discourse and conversation. We also believe that a little humor and the ability to laugh at ourselves goes a long way. As you may know, we weren’t aware of the cartoon until Monday, May 2 and we had no part in your departure from Farm News. We appreciate anyone who speaks out on behalf of farmers.

    Thank you,

    Christi Dixon, Monsanto Communications


posted 2541 days ago