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2021
Le Monde apologizes over cartoon criticized as transphobic
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Le Monde's editor-in-chief apologized over a cartoon that critics said was transphobic and insensitive to rape survivors. The article reports that the newspaper had not removed the cartoon from its website.
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Apology — Le Monde
The newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Caroline Monnot, issued an apology on Tuesday (19 January) for a cartoon by Xavier Gorce referencing a recent sex-abuse scandal among the French elite.
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The newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Caroline Monnot, issued an apology on Tuesday (19 January) for a cartoon by Xavier Gorce referencing a recent sex-abuse scandal among the French elite.
The cartoon, also published Tuesday (20 January), faced immediate backlash online with critics calling it transphobic, insensitive to rape survivors, and wrong for making light of incest.
French newspaper Le Monde apologised on the same day the cartoon was published, but has not removed it from its website.