The Washington Post cartoonist who quit after a Jeff Bezos cartoon was killed falls into the latter category. You don’t go after the boss.

Update – 1.4.25 — Dan Kennedy has more on the resignation — and the uproar it has caused. … I did get an email from an old colleague about my post, saying I was wrong to call it journalistic stupidity to take on the boss, etc. My response: every newspaper has its internal third-rails that newsroom employees touch at their own peril, usually issues involving the owner. Ann Telnaes knew this — and then quit after getting a predictable response from the higher-ups. Not exactly smart. … Btw: I do like Telnaes’s draft cartoon, as shown at Dan’s site. I’m certainly no fan of Jeff Bezos, that’s for sure.