A riposte from Cartoonist Jimmy Margulies

Was the captain "texting" before the ship hit an iceberg?

Jimmy Margulies was quick to defend his Titanic cartoon, which ran in The Record on Sunday -- 100 years after the ship went down with more than 1,500 passengers.

The cartoonist deflected my criticism on Tuesday -- that he used a non-sequitur to attribute the cause of the disaster to "texting" by the captain.

Margulies says:

"For your information, not only did The Record publish my cartoon on the Titanic, but Newsday did also, as well as The Palm Beach Post.

"You are the only one in the entire country who objected to it.

"And what does winning awards in the past have to do with this cartoon? The awards I won were for cartoons done in previous years.

"In addition to your completely irrational and  hateful attitude towards many of your former colleagues, your editorial judgements are very questionable, to say the least.

"You often do not know what you are talking about."

Jimmy Margulies

Margulies is typical of most journalists, who never feel a need to explain themselves to readers or provide any insight into the editorial process.

Saying his cartoon was published elsewhere is really lame. Am I supposed to bow down to the editorial judgment of Newsday or The Palm Beach Post?

Sadly, newspaper journalism is at a low point. Even The New York Times has had scandals.

I brought up his awards because Margulies is wildly inconsistent. Maybe, journalism prizes should be awarded for a body of work, not just one or two cartoons or stories.

And if Margulies doesn't care to be exposed to my "hateful attitude" toward some of my former colleagues, I invite him to read my food blog, where the only hateful attitude is toward low-quality meat and poultry.

Here is a link to my blog, Do You Really Know What You're Eating?  

Click here: Eat Me!