Toronto –
Media backlash against Dilbert’s comic strip intensified in Canada on Monday as several of Canada’s major newspapers announced they would be removing cartoons set in the office over recent remarks by their creators.
The Toronto Star said in its Monday edition that the strip would no longer appear in its weekend comics section because “recent racist comments by cartoonist Scott Adams do not live up to The Star’s journalism standards.” I have issued a memo stating
This is a tweet from The Globe and Mail on Sunday that they decided to remove the comic because “recent hateful comments” by Adams were “not consistent with our editorial or business values as an organization.” followed.
Meanwhile, Post Media, which has several Sun newspapers across the country as its brand, said over the weekend that it would “immediately retire Dilbert for reasons that it has seen many other organizations in North America take similar action.” said he had decided.
Duncan Clarke, Postmedia’s chief content officer, said in an email on Monday, “We made a decision over the weekend and it has been removed from all print editions as of today.
“Over the weekend, we directed our third-party providers to remove Dilbert from their digital comic packages as soon as possible. This applies to all Postmedia properties.”
Postmedia’s flagship newspaper, The National Post, hasn’t run this comic in years.
Several media publishers across the country canceled the strip and accused Adams last week of sharing comments deemed racist, hateful and discriminatory. dropped.
Adams, who is white, explained in an episode of the YouTube show Real Coffee with Scott Adams that black people are members of “hate groups” that white people should “get away with.”
On Monday, Adams tweeted that the backlash had spread to include a publishing deal not involving Dilbert, a long-running comic making fun of office culture.
He defended his position while acknowledging widespread mainstream insurgency.
This isn’t the first time Adams has drawn attention for his comments about race.
In May 2022, Adams drew reader complaints when he introduced a new engineer named Dave, Dilbert’s first black character.
“Let’s see if the world is ready for this,” Adams tweeted on May 2, 2022, posting a three-panel color strip that downplayed workplace diversity measures.
On January 27, 2022, he sparked controversy by tweeting: I know it’s a long way to go, but I don’t want to completely leave the conversation for work. “
This report by the Canadian Press was first published on February 27, 2023.
