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Newsday, a daily newspaper serving in Long Island, New York, said for a “insensitive and offensive” editorial cartoon that quoted the tragic assassination Charlie Kirk After inspiring the call for boycott.
Kirk, one of the most influential political organizations in the United States, was killed during an event at Utah Valley University in Orham, Utah. The editorial comic appeared in Saturday’s newspaper with an empty chair with blood under a tent marked “Charlie Kirk” and “prove me wrong”, while an arrow marked “Turning Point USA” points to the empty seats.
Illustrator Chip Bok’s cartoon is the latest example of insensitivity to Kirk’s heartbreaking assassination Unmoved speech Following the shooting. Once News Day was scolded by Long Island conservatives, the newspaper admitted to the “miss judgment.”
Charlie Kirk poses at the Cambridge Union in Cambridgeshire on May 19, 2025. (Image of Notting Katic/Getty of Cambridge Federation)
“Newsday published a co-editor comic on Saturday referring to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, which is insensitive and offensive. We deeply regret that we sincerely apologize to Charlie Kirk’s family and everyone,” Newsday said in a statement.
“We made a mistake in our judgment. The cartoon has been removed from our digital platform. In his illustrations, Chip Bok uses Kirk’s organization, the name of Turning Point USA, and the theme of his Utah incident – “Prove I’m wrong” – to suggest that Kirk’s assassination could be a turning point in recovery,” the statement continued. “These images are inappropriate and should have been published on News Day.”
The apology was conducted under widespread opposition Social Media.
Suffolk Republican chairman Jesse Garcia exploded the paper, saying it “crossed a line” and demanded the removal of “evil cartoons.”
“By publishing evil cartoons about Charlie Kirk’s political assassination, the newspaper mocked the tragedy, got stuck, and poured gasoline in the flames of political violence. It’s not journalism. It’s reckless, partisan attack. In a statement said.
“There is no way – or background – to forgive such shameful political cartoons.”
Charlie Kirk warns that “assassination culture is spreading to the left”
Newsday, a daily newspaper serving Long Island, New York, said for an “insensitive and offensive” editorial cartoon referring to Charlie Kirk’s tragic assassination. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“Don’t support publications that normalize hatred and harm life. This is this type of hatred – News Day and other people, social media platforms, and media like national, national and local Democratic officials, instilling political violence against those they disagree with.”
Trump’s New Jersey Representative Mike Crispi urges New Yorkers to “give up your subscription” while Rep. Elise Stefanik, RN.Y. Then call cartoons “outrageous”.
Nassau County Chief Executive Bruce Blakeman called the comic “unreasonable” and urged residents to cancel their subscription.
“The unreasonable cartoon chores of Newsday made Charlie Kirk’s assassination so mean that most of us realized long ago that Newsday abandoned any fair ego. Cancel Newsday.
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Newsday has not yet pointed out whether further internal action will be taken regarding editorial oversight.
