Anderson County Review
TypeWeekly newspaper
PublisherDane Hicks
EditorDane Hicks
Founded1865
Headquarters112 W 6th
Garnett, Kansas 66032
USA
Circulation2,117[1]
Websitegarnett-ks.com

The Anderson County Review is a local weekly newspaper for Garnett, Kansas with a circulation of about 2,117. The newspaper also maintains an online presence.[2]

2020 cartoon controversy

In 2020, the newspaper published to its Facebook page a cartoon criticizing Kansas's mask policy against the COVID-19 pandemic in which Democratic Governor Laura Kelly is shown against a backdrop of a Holocaust train with the caption of "Lockdown Laura says: Put on your mask ... and step onto the cattle car," seemingly implying the mask order was a prelude to ethnic cleansing. Kelly was also depicted with a prominent Star of David. The Review and its owner Dane Hicks were criticized for the cartoon by Kelly as well as others for being anti-Semitic and trivializing the Holocaust. Hicks refused to back down or apologize, saying that there was nobody to apologize to and that "Facebook is a cesspool".[3]

References

  1. "Browse Full Member Database | Kansas Press Association". kspress.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  2. "Kansas Press Association Records". Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  3. Levenson, Michael (July 4, 2020). "Kansas Governor Criticizes G.O.P. Official's Cartoon Comparing Mask Order to Holocaust".


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