A carton portrays President Obama , who signed the stimulus bill as an ape.
New Delhi: The main editorial cartoon in Wednesday's New York Post has landed the paper in a racism row.
The cartoon which comes with a caption, "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill" has prompted accusations that the tabloid was peddling a longstanding racist slur by portraying president Barack Obama , who signed the bill into law, as an ape.
New York Times has denied any such intention saying that the cartoon was a mere parody of current news events and referred to the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut.
The Post, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, endorsed Obama over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries, but Republican John McCain in the general election.
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