LA Times should reinstate Ted Rall cartoonist Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/la-times-should-reinstate-ted-rall-cartoonist.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 4 Apr 2026 01:36 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition jesus b ochoa jr [Signature #307] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19573360?utm_medium=rss you guys like the first amendment, right?

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2015 07:56:04 UTC 19573360 Dr Timothy Recuber [Signature #306] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19573320?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Dec 2015 06:23:04 UTC 19573320 Anonymous [Signature #305] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19573293?utm_medium=rss Censorship sux.

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2015 04:55:03 UTC 19573293 Jason Coombs [Signature #304] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19573122?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Dec 2015 09:59:46 UTC 19573122 Dr. Michael Friedman [Signature #303] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19545770?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Dec 2015 09:46:38 UTC 19545770 david laffitte [Signature #302] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19321193?utm_medium=rss We need Ted Rall to keep us honest. He's the best BS detector I know.

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2015 05:46:27 UTC 19321193 Mr. Kevin Ward [Signature #301] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19290249?utm_medium=rss Reinstate Rall with apology and stop the presses when pressured to react to powers the press should be scrutinizing rather than greasing.

]]> Sun, 13 Sep 2015 03:00:49 UTC 19290249 Matthew Davidson [Signature #300] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19267339?utm_medium=rss I've been following Rall's work, on and off, from the other side of the world, for what must be over 20 years. I can't think of many cartoonists who have maintained such a consistently high standard for so long. Indeed I can't think of any who have been around so long and have so successfully avoided falling into lazy recycling of old tropes. His sacking by the LA Times is a brazen admission that they are happy to be seen as Pravda plus celebrity clickbait.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2015 07:18:45 UTC 19267339 Mr Ron McKinnon [Signature #299] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19250902?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Sep 2015 07:42:32 UTC 19250902 Ms Lisa Gherardi [Signature #298] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19228139?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Aug 2015 08:56:37 UTC 19228139 Mr. Phil Wolny [Signature #297] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19227692?utm_medium=rss Please reverse this terribly chilling and unfair decision, and instead stand up for due process and freedom of speech. Do not cave to official police pressure, LA Times. You [are/were?] better than that!
best,
Phil Wolny

]]> Wed, 26 Aug 2015 05:39:45 UTC 19227692 Brigitte Maitrejean [Signature #296] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19227189?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Aug 2015 03:15:54 UTC 19227189 Anonymous [Signature #295] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19226307?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Aug 2015 08:37:07 UTC 19226307 Jeff Davis [Signature #294] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19225108?utm_medium=rss Please reinstate Ted Rall. He is a wonderful cartoonist and is sorely missed. He was the victim of police brutality and he should not be revictimized by the Times.

]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:19:48 UTC 19225108 Mr Ralph Vixama [Signature #293] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19223294?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:13:41 UTC 19223294 Anonymous [Signature #292] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19222985?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Aug 2015 02:04:52 UTC 19222985 MR Martin Per Dybdal [Signature #291] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19222976?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Aug 2015 01:50:21 UTC 19222976 Ms. Pam Winters [Signature #290] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19222947?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Aug 2015 01:14:00 UTC 19222947 Mr Joseph f Musich [Signature #289] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19222824?utm_medium=rss I believe the cartoonist and don't believe the hype.

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2015 11:30:09 UTC 19222824 Benjamin Melançon [Signature #288] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19222663?utm_medium=rss Own up to being played by the LAPD, and stand with truth.

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2015 09:48:06 UTC 19222663 Gerry Morgan [Signature #287] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19222328?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2015 07:27:45 UTC 19222328 Ms Vicky Brago-Mitchell [Signature #286] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19222191?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2015 06:25:33 UTC 19222191 lee colleton [Signature #285] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19222069?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2015 05:24:18 UTC 19222069 Dr. Anonymous [Signature #284] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19222021?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2015 04:54:38 UTC 19222021 Dr Roberta Bennett [Signature #283] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19221774?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2015 02:55:12 UTC 19221774 mr Massimo Rizzati [Signature #282] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19221754?utm_medium=rss Ted Rall is a an estimed cartoonist and journalist, I can't understand why LA Times is blackmailing him.Yes blackmail with a false accusation not proved by the law.
I really hope that Rall can sue LA Times ..us style it is democracy no?

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2015 02:43:46 UTC 19221754 Charles Christian [Signature #281] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19221666?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2015 02:10:12 UTC 19221666 Peter Aperlo [Signature #280] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19221493?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2015 01:03:08 UTC 19221493 Jim Smith [Signature #279] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19221492?utm_medium=rss All workers, including contract employees, should have basic rights to be presumed not guilty and to have a fair hearing.

This is why we fought for Newspaper Guild representation at the Times 20-odd years ago.

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2015 01:02:42 UTC 19221492 Mike Hemstalk [Signature #278] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19221403?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:24:40 UTC 19221403 Joseph Tan [Signature #277] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19221395?utm_medium=rss I support Ted Rall!

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:20:48 UTC 19221395 Mr. Gabe Haythornthwaite [Signature #276] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19221349?utm_medium=rss The LA Times should be ashamed to have participated in such an obvious stitch-up with the brutal LAPD to career lynch esteemed cartoonist and writer, Ted Rall.

The LA Times appalling use of a doctored and incomprehensible LAPD tape of an altercation in 2001 is well below the threshold of integrity that anyone should expect from an established media outlet.

I call upon the LA Times to reinstate Mr. Rall to his previous position immediately and to offer a full and complete apology for and retraction of the written justification for this wrongful dismissal.

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:00:46 UTC 19221349 Mr. Charles Hancock [Signature #275] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19221300?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2015 11:38:00 UTC 19221300 Bruce Dzinski [Signature #274] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19221169?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2015 10:43:03 UTC 19221169 David Robinson [Signature #273] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19220897?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2015 08:42:59 UTC 19220897 Mr Joseph Ondrechen [Signature #272] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19220581?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2015 05:10:35 UTC 19220581 David Pierotti [Signature #271] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19220424?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2015 02:30:59 UTC 19220424 Muriel Hykes [Signature #270] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19220285?utm_medium=rss Cops are pigs!

]]> Sun, 23 Aug 2015 11:58:26 UTC 19220285 Christopher Towne [Signature #269] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19220254?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Aug 2015 11:20:31 UTC 19220254 Bridget Magnus [Signature #268] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19220226?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Aug 2015 11:01:09 UTC 19220226 Mr Nathan Goldbaum [Signature #267] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19220155?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Aug 2015 10:03:05 UTC 19220155 Ms samantha Bennahum [Signature #266] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19220073?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Aug 2015 09:11:29 UTC 19220073 Janis Lyle Weisbrot [Signature #265] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19220034?utm_medium=rss Be the LA Times, not the Pathetic, Venal, Waste-of-Times.

]]> Sun, 23 Aug 2015 08:48:58 UTC 19220034 Randall Childs [Signature #264] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19219894?utm_medium=rss This is the sort of censorship one would expect to happen in a police state. Rather than do anything to clean their own house and stop this epidemic of police violence against defenseless civilians, the LAPD and LAPPL aim to silence the voices of their critics. Shame on the LA Times for going along with it!

]]> Sun, 23 Aug 2015 07:20:25 UTC 19219894 Mr Glenn Fritz [Signature #263] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19219680?utm_medium=rss Show a little integrity and hire Ted back.

]]> Sun, 23 Aug 2015 05:04:09 UTC 19219680 j. webb [Signature #262] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19219599?utm_medium=rss The L.A. Times needs to confess it's error and reinstate T. Rall.

]]> Sun, 23 Aug 2015 04:17:21 UTC 19219599 Mr David Riesz [Signature #261] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19219289?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Aug 2015 01:50:09 UTC 19219289 Anonymous [Signature #260] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19219194?utm_medium=rss I have bought the LA Times for many years.
Many many articles have appeared about police misconduct. Rehire Ralls! His work is important and educational and unique.

]]> Sun, 23 Aug 2015 12:58:41 UTC 19219194 Mr. Dwight Pratt [Signature #259] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218795?utm_medium=rss To all at the LA Times: You should be ashamed. If you do not reinstate Ted Rall, I hope you are sued big time and lose in court.

]]> Sun, 23 Aug 2015 08:43:02 UTC 19218795 Mr Drew Panckeri [Signature #258] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218768?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Aug 2015 08:20:25 UTC 19218768 ms sheryl gold [Signature #257] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218735?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Aug 2015 07:54:39 UTC 19218735 MR Dwight Porter [Signature #256] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218570?utm_medium=rss Rall is one of the best in the field, a voice that needs to be heard, even though I sometimes disagree with his take on things. The fact, the motive and the manner of his firing are simply shameful and plunge me into despair about the LAT's commitment to freedom and pluralism. Please repent, recant, and restore the man to the job he does so brilliantly.

]]> Sun, 23 Aug 2015 05:30:43 UTC 19218570 DR GEORGE GUSTAINIS [Signature #255] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218566?utm_medium=rss It's understandable the LA Times would fear the LAPD given their long history of brutality (i.e. beating people to death). Stand up to the LAPD. Start exposing their corruption & savagery. Hire body guards. Maybe tell "60 Minutes".

]]> Sun, 23 Aug 2015 05:27:26 UTC 19218566 Pieter Blue [Signature #254] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218437?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Aug 2015 03:32:19 UTC 19218437 Robert Spillane [Signature #253] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218342?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Aug 2015 01:40:23 UTC 19218342 Ms. Naomi Paz Greenberg [Signature #252] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218199?utm_medium=rss Police unions should get out of the business of censorship.

Police unions should represent police officers' interests in labor negotiations.

Nothing else.

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:22:51 UTC 19218199 Dr. T. Balin Sutton [Signature #251] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218153?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:51:02 UTC 19218153 Douglas Senko [Signature #250] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218134?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:32:12 UTC 19218134 Ms Alice Strong [Signature #249] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218128?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:27:58 UTC 19218128 Mr. Mike Kuhlenbeck [Signature #248] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218113?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:17:41 UTC 19218113 Kerenne Raymond [Signature #247] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218110?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:16:41 UTC 19218110 Peter Bachman [Signature #246] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218099?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:10:44 UTC 19218099 bill cam [Signature #245] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218081?utm_medium=rss transparency is a necessary quality of all media.

the latimes only pretends to honor this and instead has lost the trust of anyone who has taken the time to read about their recent treatment of ted rall.

it isn't too late to make amends.

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:00:30 UTC 19218081 Chris Anderson [Signature #244] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218033?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 09:32:10 UTC 19218033 Mr. Mark Lynn [Signature #243] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19218010?utm_medium=rss reinstate Rall!

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 09:15:58 UTC 19218010 ms kyra Zandberg [Signature #242] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217968?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 08:55:25 UTC 19217968 sue ahearn [Signature #241] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217850?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 07:55:19 UTC 19217850 David Kreindler [Signature #240] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217817?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 07:39:09 UTC 19217817 Mr. John Pierce [Signature #239] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217736?utm_medium=rss Of course, this didn't work for Mikie Ramirez, and he's the LAPD's bestest buddy!...

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 06:56:35 UTC 19217736 Stephen Davis [Signature #238] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217510?utm_medium=rss Reinstate Ted Rall!

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 05:04:30 UTC 19217510 B Bird [Signature #237] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217472?utm_medium=rss Who will cover LAPD brutality and corruption now that you wrongfully terminated and lied about Ted Rall?

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 04:44:57 UTC 19217472 Ms Celia Harrison [Signature #236] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217456?utm_medium=rss You are so ridiculous and Ted Rall is so brilliant. You are ruining the LA Times.

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 04:40:32 UTC 19217456 Mack White [Signature #235] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217409?utm_medium=rss The LAPD was able to shut down an artist whose cartoons were openly critical of the department's corruption and abuse of citizens. This is frightening. And the LA Times caved without analyzing the tape. Bad journalism, and a bad precedent that will have a chilling effect on journalists in this nation. Furthermore, he LA Times took the additional step of publicly shaming Ted Rall. Outrageous. Therefore, I add my voice to those demanding the LA reinstate Ted Rall.

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 04:20:12 UTC 19217409 Mr. Michael Daniels [Signature #234] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217384?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 04:05:03 UTC 19217384 Nic Roberts [Signature #233] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217321?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 03:43:02 UTC 19217321 Steve Brown [Signature #232] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217299?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 03:34:53 UTC 19217299 John Harvey [Signature #231] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217298?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 03:34:49 UTC 19217298 Christine Robbins [Signature #230] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217263?utm_medium=rss I'm deeply disappointed by this lapse of journalistic judgment by the LA Times.

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 03:21:07 UTC 19217263 Mr. Craig Wittler [Signature #229] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217259?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 03:18:38 UTC 19217259 Joseph Schmitz [Signature #228] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217208?utm_medium=rss The evidence is quite clear that Mr. Rall was speaking the truth about his treatment by the LAPD in 2001, yet the Times chooses to ignore the enhanced version of the audiotape. That seems like shoddy journalism.

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:58:35 UTC 19217208 Ms. Tamar Freund [Signature #227] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217167?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:41:13 UTC 19217167 Mr Adam LeRoy [Signature #226] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217153?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:37:41 UTC 19217153 Richard Fabry [Signature #225] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217100?utm_medium=rss Too bad you're in the pocket of the LAPD. So much for freedom of the press. The firing of Ted Rall was a cowardly act and hopefully will backfire on your organization since Ted did nothing wrong. The LA Times used to be quite a newspaper. Oh well.

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:21:14 UTC 19217100 mr steven jensen [Signature #224] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217093?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:19:19 UTC 19217093 Marcy Saude [Signature #223] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217068?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:06:21 UTC 19217068 J.B. Sadler [Signature #222] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217061?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:04:11 UTC 19217061 louis-georges schwartz schwartz [Signature #221] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217053?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:00:27 UTC 19217053 Charles Schmidgall [Signature #220] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217037?utm_medium=rss Please retract your statements claiming that Ted Rall lied since the audio recording you provided goes a long way toward proving that he was in fact handcuffed. You should reinstate Ted Tall to his position at the LA Times and make financial restitution for any losses he incurred because of loss of work at the LA Times and damage to his reputation from your false claims.

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:55:53 UTC 19217037 David Roberts [Signature #219] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19217010?utm_medium=rss besides being the right thing to do, it would get him to talk about something other than being fired!

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:44:06 UTC 19217010 Ms Samantha Maguire [Signature #218] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19216958?utm_medium=rss I think the L.A. Times should be embarrassed for firing Mr. Rall. It's his job to expose the sad ironies in the world to educate others and provoke thought. The Times know what content he publishes, but as soon as the entities Mr. Rall stands up to want to bring him down, the Times just gives? That does not speak highly of the quality of employment at the LA Times.

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:23:39 UTC 19216958 Mr Robert Alft [Signature #217] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19216950?utm_medium=rss I would only hope that some day the LAPD and the LA Times would fight FOR the First Amendment and not against it.

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:19:01 UTC 19216950 Misty Bright [Signature #216] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19216938?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:15:33 UTC 19216938 charles pratt [Signature #215] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19216893?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 12:59:28 UTC 19216893 Tony Harrison [Signature #214] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19216874?utm_medium=rss It is deeply disturbing the LAPD or LAPPL used an edited, illegal recording that doesn't at all support its claim to get such a renowned and ethical journalist and editorial cartoonist fired from the LA Times. What's even worse is that the LA Times went along with this in the first place. My high regard for this venerable institution is completely shattered.

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 12:51:22 UTC 19216874 Faith Foster [Signature #213] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19216816?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 12:22:18 UTC 19216816 Mr Andru Reeve [Signature #212] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19216770?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 12:02:17 UTC 19216770 Erin Kelly [Signature #211] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19216735?utm_medium=rss stop censorship and violating our right as the US public to the First Amendment and seeing Ted Rall's cartoons! For God's sake if a cartoonist is unable to publish then who does?

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:49:47 UTC 19216735 Anonymous [Signature #210] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19216730?utm_medium=rss @LATimes Do the right thing and bring back @TedRall !

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:47:38 UTC 19216730 andreas reichelt [Signature #209] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19216681?utm_medium=rss thank you for holding up standards in the news business. next please show that you apply the same level of criticism to the LAPD and your own role on firing a cartoonist speaking out against a powerful institution.

if you cannot do this, then please consider apologizing and re-instating mr rall.

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:33:38 UTC 19216681 Charles Douglas [Signature #208] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19216637?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:12:38 UTC 19216637