Apple’s explanation for rejecting an app of political cartoons:
Applications may be rejected if they contain content or materials of any kind text, graphics, images, photographs, sounds, etc. that in Apple’s reasonable judgement may be found objectionable, for example, materials that may be considered obscene, pornographic, or defamatory.
The attached example content?
Apple attached screenshots of the offending material, including an image depicting the White House gate crashers interrupting an Obama speech. Two other grabs include images referencing torture, Balloon Boy, and various political issues.
This is media law 101–public figures are hard to defame, and political figures are even harder. Almost seems as though it’s not the lawyers who are giving the thumbs up or down.