Editor says cartoonist Satish Acharya has a right to creative differences, but to try to assign motives where none exist is unethical.
Freelance cartoonist Satish Acharya has been a regular contributor to Mail Today, and this is the first instance in the recent past that his contribution has been dropped. As a newspaper, we are under no obligation to carry content that fails to pass our editorial standards; the cartoon in question did not.
On some other occasions, when his cartoons have been on sensitive issues –including particular communities or courts – we’ve discussed it with him and carried a mutually agreed revised version.
For sure, Acharya has a right to creative differences with us, but so does the newspaper, and to make baseless accusations and try to assign motives where none exist is unethical. We do not act on the dictates of any entity. Our editorial integrity is inviolable – and stays unaffected by Acharya’s false allegations.
Dwaipayan Bose is Editor, Mail Today
You can read the article by Satish Acharya here.