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"Paterson also referred to two disparaging skits about his near blindness by NBC's "Saturday Night Live." He noted he hadn't received an apology."

Newsday: Paterson accepts New York Post cartoon apology

BY JAMES T. MADORE james.madore@newsday.com

February 21, 2009

Gov. David A. Paterson on Friday accepted the New York Post apology for what some termed a racist cartoon, but called for a discussion about satire of public officials.

"It might be a time to open up a dialogue on just where that line is, where good clean fun and degradation are," Paterson told reporters in Manhattan.

He was responding to a Post editorial cartoon Wednesday that many saw as portraying President Barack Obama as a chimpanzee. The Rev. Al Sharpton, state senators and other African-American leaders have called for boycotting the newspaper.

Paterson disagreed, calling the Post apology "very honorable ... At this time when tensions are running high, with the economy down and also even the media outlets having to lay off people, it is an act of sensitivity."

Paterson also referred to two disparaging skits about his near blindness by NBC's "Saturday Night Live." He noted he hadn't received an apology.

http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/saturday/news/ny-stpate216043782feb21,0,4082582.story

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