People on social media pressed Alcaraz for an editorial cartoon in response to the Disney decision.

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There are cartoonists with regular strips to keep running and others with the pressure of a daily deadline in creating an editorial cartoon.

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Editorial Cartoonist Jack Ohman also responded to some reader criticism of his cartoon in a column Thursday.

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In an editorial in Friday's edition, Mr Murdoch said the paper had made a mistake in publishing the cartoon and that he was sorry for any offence.

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