Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Sydney Morning Herald columnist Mike Carlton resigns after being forced to apologise over abusive tweets as backlash over 'anti-Semitic' cartoon escalates

  • Said he quit the 'once great newspaper' because it 'buckled to the bullies'
  • Carlton resigned on Tuesday when he was told he was suspended
  • Columnist sent abusive tweets when responding to reader feedback
  • Backlash come after he criticised Israel's attack on Gaza in a column
  • Editor-in-Chief Darren Goodsir issued an apology to readers who had received 'offensive' messages from Carlton
  • Cartoon showed Jewish man in armchair watching Gaza be bombed
  • It was published next to Carlton's column

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