Scott Adams Dilbert comic

2023 - 2 - 27

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USA TODAY, other newspapers drop Dilbert comic after creator's ... (USA TODAY)

Several news organizations, including the USA TODAY Network, dropped the Dilbert comic after creator Scott Adams made racist comments.

[said Sunday](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/us/dilbert-newspapers-racism.html)it would no longer be publishing the comic strip. Chris Quinn, editor of The Plain Dealer, said it was "not a difficult decision" as the outlet is "not a home for those who espouse racism. A spokesperson said it was too late to stop the strip from running in upcoming print editions, including Sunday. " [said Saturday](https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/02/25/scott-adams-dilbert-canceled/)it had “ceased publication" of Dilbert. For better and worse.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/02/26/chatgpt-medical-care-doctors/11253952002/)

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Elon Musk backs Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams following racist tirade (The Guardian)

Tesla and Twitter chief tweets that 'the media is racist' after hundreds of newspapers drop Adams's comic strip.

Among the casualties was the product manager who led the transition to a new [paid verification service](https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/26/23615841/twitter-blue-esther-crawford-layoffs) known as Twitter Blue, according to the Verge technology news site. Under his leadership, several suspended or banned accounts of white supremacists and neo-Nazis have been restored, and The strip was founded in 1989, and at its peak about 2,000 newspapers across 70 countries carried it. “For a very long time, US media was racist against non-white people, now they’re racist against whites and Asians.” As the [dropped Dilbert](https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/dilbert-17805004.php) last year in the wake of a series of earlier homophobic and racist outbursts from him.

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'Dilbert' distributor drops creator Scott Adams over his racist remarks (CNN)

Andrews McMeel Universal, the company that syndicates "Dilbert," said it is cutting ties with the comic strip's creator, Scott Adams, after his racist ...

“And I would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to White people is to get the hell away from Black people, just get the f**k away … The USA Today Network, which operates hundreds of newspapers, said it had pulled the plug on the long-running comic strip. [shocking rant on YouTube](http://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/business/elon-musk-scott-adams-defense/index.html), calling Black Americans a “hate group” and suggesting that White people should “get the hell away” from them.

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Dilbert creator Scott Adams was once a comic-strip star. After race ... (CBS News)

Adams said he's likely lost 80% of his comic strip income as major newspapers drop his three-decade-old cartoon.

On Sunday, Adams said he had expected a negative response to his comments. "Recent comments by Scott Adams regarding race and race relations do not align with our core values as a company." "The 20% that are the important ones are the urban big city newspapers — they are the ones that are going to cancel first, and they have. In making the announcements to cut ties with Adams, many publishers said they didn't want to support his views on race. The marketplace did," tweeted Mark Jacob, a former editor at the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. Dilbert comic strip creator Scott Adams built a career based on his pointed and humorous views on the workplace.

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'Dilbert' Cartoonist Scott Adams Is Predictably On-Brand With Racist ... (Forbes)

Scott Adams, creator of the once-popular Dilbert comic strip, built his fanbase by mocking the petty tyranny of self-righteous hypocrites in the target-rich ...

His defense for these kinds of views is that he is “only asking questions,” following the facts and logic to their inevitable conclusions, even if that leads, regrettably, to some dark places. But if Adams is entitled to his opinions, so are his readers and business partners. Adams successfully turned this kind of contrarian populism into a brand that extended beyond the comic strip to merchandise, self-help and business books, and a lucrative speaking career. And it was certainly a curious choice on the part of Rasmussen, a data collection outfit closely aligned with right wing causes and promoter of conservative media narratives, to poll on this question in the first place. Adams apparently expects people to believe that his advice comes not from a place of personal racism, but as a logical reaction to the expressed sentiments in that poll. And I would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to White people is to get the hell away from Black people …

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Dilbert's demise no surprise to followers of both the comic and ... (CTV News)

The comic strip Dilbert disappeared with lightning speed following racist remarks by creator Scott Adams, but it shouldn't come as a shock to anyone who has ...

[Canada](https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada) [GOP shifts focus of attacks on Biden's immigration policy to Canada-U.S. The comic strip Dilbert disappeared with lightning speed following racist remarks by creator Scott Adams, but it shouldn't come as a shock to anyone who has followed them both. Overnight Sunday into Monday morning the northern lights, aurora borealis, gave skywatchers in northern Ontario quite a show. operate with a high degree of autonomy. Adams seemed to run out of jokes. The employee backed down when told it would be a big jump in pay. The San Francisco Chronicle stopped publishing Dilbert last October — a move that drew only a handful of complaints. The Anti-Defamation League said the phrase at the centre of the question was popularized as a trolling campaign by members of 4chan — a notorious anonymous message board — and was adopted by some white supremacists. During the Feb. He said that stance cost him money in lost speaker's fees. The Penguin Random House imprint Portfolio said it wouldn't publish Adams' book “Reframe Your Brain” in September, according to the Wall Street Journal. As individual newspapers told readers they were dropping Dilbert, the company that distributed the strip, Andrews McMeel Universal, said it was severing ties with Adams.

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Comics industry reacts to 'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams's racist rant (The Washington Post)

Robb Armstrong has launched what he calls the “black Sharpie revolt” after discovering that “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams made racist remarks last week on ...

“It’s huge that the creator of something so many people found joy in reveals himself as a racist,” Jones told The Post, adding: “‘Dilbert’ is probably among the last of the big comic strips in a dying industry — it’s a household word.” Lalo Alcaraz, an editorial cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, drew the hand of Adams erasing “Dilbert” on the comics page. “Besides; somebody had to make a joke out of it, because Scott certainly isn’t funny anymore.” Peterson, a retired editor, told The Post that he wished individual newspaper editors would “take responsibility” for what is in their newspapers. Bell added that he plans to spoof “Dilbert” in upcoming cartoons. Such a path is impractical, immoral and illegal.” On Saturday, he texted The Post about what his client list might be: “By Monday, around zero.” In 1998, Adams received the prestigious Reuben Award as outstanding cartoonist from the National Cartoonists Society. [wrote on Twitter](https://twitter.com/scottadamssays/status/1630181061543211009?s=21) in response that “Dilbert has been cancelled from all newspapers, websites, calendars, and books because I gave some advice everyone agreed with. “I had to accept the reality that my friend from the early days was gone. Hundreds of papers, including The Post, have dropped the strip since last week. “My heart sank at first, then broke,” Armstrong tells The Washington Post.

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'Dilbert' distributor severs relationship with creator Scott Adams over ... (The Hill)

The distributor of the comic strip “Dilbert” has severed its relationship with creator Scott Adams, saying the cartoonist's comments about race “do not ...

However, in the case with Adams, our vision and principles are not compatible,” the two AMU leaders said. [See all Hill.TV](https://thehill.com/hilltv) [See all Video](https://thehill.com/video) [Campaign](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/) [News](https://thehill.com/homenews/) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [Senate](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/) [See All](https://thehill.com) Recent comments by Scott Adams regarding race and race relations do not align with our core values as a company,” said AMU Chairman Hugh Andrews and the company’s CEO and president, Andy Sareyan. [posting a Twitter poll](https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1630200373494558722?s=20) asking users: “Are you considering canceling your newspaper subscription (if you have one) because Dilbert got canceled?” [Andrews McMeel Universal](https://thehill.com/tag/andrews-mcmeel-universal/) [comic strip](https://thehill.com/tag/comic-strip/) [Dilbert](https://thehill.com/tag/dilbert/) [Scott Adams](https://thehill.com/tag/scott-adams/) [Blog Briefing Room](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) [Blog Briefing Room](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) [Blog Briefing Room](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) [Blog Briefing Room](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) [See All](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) “As a media and communications company, AMU values free speech. [USA Today Network](https://twitter.com/USATODAY_PR/status/1629250832322514945?s=20) and [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/02/25/scott-adams-dilbert-canceled/) to drop the comic.

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