The editor, the cartoonist, his image and her decision | Paul Chadwick

Steve Bell was angry when Katharine Viner rejected his cartoon about the death of Razan al-Najjar. I believe Viner was right, and that Bell’s public reaction ill-served his causeOn Wednesday 6 June the editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, rejected a cartoon submitted by Steve Bell, whose images have appeared in the Guardian over the past 36 years. The decision enraged Bell, and he protested in two emails that he copied to all editorial staff. Inevitably the emails leaked and other media repor