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"I find your 'political cartoon' of April 22 offensive to the president of the United States and all who are proud
Americans. Fred Mulhearn should be getting paid by the Democratic Party for his so-called cartoons."
-- Shirley Newsham, from a letter published in The Advocate 5/2/08
"The editorial cartoon depicting Gov. Bobby Jindal as a female cheerleader ... was incredibly stupid."
"It seems to me that Bobby Jinal's campaign for governor has received a lack of competitive coverage and respect in the
local newspaper and television media. ... Your editorial cartoonist even referred to him as 'that Jindal boy'."
"Fred Mulhearn's cartoon featured in your May 23 Opinion section ... made comical references to
The Football Network. ... [T]his venture will create approximately 300 jobs over the next 2-1/2 years.
Amusing enough for cartoon fodder? No -- just good business."
"Your paper's personal feelings about our new Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown sure are evident....
Based on the cartoon you printed in the Sunday (Dec. 15) paper, you had the audacity to compare
a newly elected official to a convicted criminal...."
"The unfortunate implication of this cartoon ... is certainly not factual and does your readers a
great disservice."
"It is with great disappointment that I open the Metro/State of The Advocate dated Monday, Sept.
10, and turn to the editorial section of your paper.... I do not at all find humorous your
cartoon...."
" I would like to wonder aloud for a moment about Mr. Mulhearn... Is it
possible, that as a child in school, he was perhaps scolded (or sent to the
principal) by a teacher who caught him drawing in the margins instead of
listening to the lesson?"
" Fred Mulhearn at Newman Ford asked that I explain that he is not
the same Fred Mulhearn who draws the editorial cartoons... "
"I was glad to see the Morning Advocate cartoon picturing Jim Brown as a rabbit...."
"I wish to take issue with Fred Mulhearn's editorial cartoon of Jan. 17.... I condemn Mr. Mulhearn
for adding ... coal to the burning embers of racial unrest."
"In every cartoon of me, I look like a darn elephant."
" The Advocate 'cartoon' by Fred Mulhearn which portrayed David Duke
as a Nazi was, to say the least, an exercise in truly bad taste. Yes,
it was very, very bad taste. "
"Fred Mulhearn amazes me. As a political cartoonist, he has repeatedly rendered humorous appraisals of Louisiana politicians ... [which are] blatanly arrogant, biased, irresponsible, and downright wrong ..."
" Morning Advocate editorial cartoons always show David Duke in a bad
light."
"I was much amused by your Mulhearn editorial cartoon featuring a caricature
of me... But you missed the point..."
"Now that the Advocate cartoon has opened David Duke's closet, will it be doing the same for the other candidates? Or, is this journalism's dirty politics? Not pretty ..."
"It is my belief that we are fortunate to have a high-quality, locally owned
newspaper, but on the flip side, your cartoon of the governor was in poor taste.
Surely you can come up with something more stimulating than this."
"On September 29 you ran a cartoon about which I feel compelled to comment. The cartoon implied
that my husband was a lackey of the oil companies.... To imply such is not only unfair, but is
patently untrue."
"It is regrettable that you permitted the cartoon to be printed in the October
19 issue... Personally, I feel The Ouachita Citizen owes the community, relatives
and friends of these men an apology for printing this garbage."
"The editorial cartoon in the December 30 Morning Advocate
was a cheap shot..."
"Like the vast majority of cartoonists in the South, you seem to be a Scalawag..."
"In reference to your cartoon of October 4, I sincerely
feel that you did a disservice to the agricultural aviation industry."
"It is a source of genuine regret to observe that The Advocate has joined the ranks of those
Louisianans who repeatedly derogate the efforts of teachers, staff members and concened citizens
to rescue the school system from the morass of inferiority into which it has sunk. For two
consecutive days (Feb. 25 and Feb. 26), you published cartoons which give aid and comfort to
those who have been engaged in a prolonged 'sickout' of their own with regard to the state's
deplorable education condition."
"This negative publicity reached its lowest depth on Tuesday, June 18, when Mr. Fred Mulhearn, the
Advocate's editorial cartoonist, portrayed 'industry' and the Senate Natural Resources Committee
as Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum...."
"It is past time to kill the myth, presented once again by the Advocate's editorial cartoonist on
Sunday, Dec. 9, that educators have filed suit challenging the Louisiana teacher evaluation program
... because they do not want to be evaluated."
"This is in regard to the editorial cartoon by Mr. Fred Mulhearn that appeared in the Sept. 29
edition of the Morning Advocate. As one of the individuals who requested Henson Moore to become involved
in the dispute over efforts by the DEQ to prohibit, without scientific justification, the
discharge of produced water I feel the cartoon misstates Mr. Moore's reasons for becoming
involved."
"I was very disappointed on April 25, 1990, when I read my copy of The Citizen. The cartoon you
ran on your Opinion page was disturbing to say the least!"
"The latest example of a reactionary manipulation of the facts is a cartoon which ... is knee-
jerkedly defensive of the status quo in public education to such an extent that it misleads the
public."
"The cartoon on the editorial page ... tried to make a mockery of support by Gov. Roemer and
the Legislature of public education...."
"A widely held misconception was reflected in a cartoon by Mr. Fred Mulhearn which appeared in the
Friday, May 19, 1989, Morning Advocate."
"It should be mentioned that I ... feel that the Advocate's editorial cartoon expressed an opinion
that is both invalid and unjustified."
"I found the cartoon that appeared in last Thursday's paper ... to be demeaning, stereotyped and
racist.... The editors and publishers of The Sentinel are in positions of influence. If they
thought all people were important, they would surely do something about making sure a demeaning
cartoon would not appear in their newspaper again."
"Your editorial cartoon in the June 1, 1986 issue of the Sunday Advocate caught me somewhat by
surprise. It implied the LSU Alumni Federation sends letters of fund solicitation to graduates
within a week after commencement. This is not the case at all."
"The Advocate editorial cartoon of July 20, 1986 was disturbing."
"The local newspapers recently published a political cartoon in which a tiny Edwin Edwards makes his gambling pitch from the vest pocket of a gentleman attired in a black suit, white tie, and heavy sunshades -- and holding a cigar. ... Those images are ... past the point of political legitimacy."
"Sen. Rob Marionneaux Jr., D-Maringouin, ... was disturbed by a cartoon making fun of recent incidents of contaminated drinking water."
"The cartoon (?) by Fred Mulhearn on Page 6-B of the Jan. 13 Morning Advocate prompts me to comment about the message presented by that cartoon. ... [W]hile it was intended to be ... 'funny' ... it is not funny. It is pitiful ..."
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