The owner of the New York Post, Rupert Murdoch, has apologised for a cartoon which critics said was a racist depiction of President Barack Obama.
Newspaper cartoonist Sean Delonas drew police shooting dead a chimp, while remarking “they’ll have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill”. But Mr Murdoch said the cartoon was meant to mock Mr Obama’s legislation and was not intended to be racist. The newspaper had apologised to readers last week after widespread criticism. The cartoon, published on 18 February, came a day after Mr Obama signed into law a $787bn (£548bn) economic stimulus package approved by Congress after weeks of wrangling.
The image referred to a gruesome incident earlier that week, when a pet chimp in Connecticut attacked and disfigured a woman before being shot dead by police.
