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@Chris: Yep. Sorry about my terrible linking skills.
Dianne, that link isn't working for me. Was this the story? https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/01/26/ice-detained-us-citizens-minnesota-arrests/88304880007/
RonF: If someone had driven that close to me after being told to stop I’d have thought they were trying…
ICE "enforcing immigration law" [Link fixed --&]
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Category Archives: Media criticism
The Future of Journalism is Now
This cartoon is by Jenn Manley Lee and I. This cartoon was originally posted on Patreon on December 19th, 2025. Just three days later, Bari Weiss, the utterly unqualified head of CBS News, pulled a 60 Minutes story that went … Continue reading
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Cartoon: Objective Journalism is Coming! Objective Journalism is Coming!
This cartoon was drawn by frequent collaborator Nadine Scholtes, who unlike most cartoonists (and by “most cartoonists” I mean “me”) is not afraid of drawing horses. This week, I read a newspaper report about sex workers at massage parlors. The article … Continue reading
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Cartoon: The Objective New York Times
On August 8th, after about three weeks of the mainstream press, led by the New York Times, complaining repeatedly that Kamala Harris hasn’t been taking questions from reporters, Harris stopped on her walk to Air Force Two to take some questions … Continue reading
Cartoon: The Absent Fatso
Not related to anything – I clicked on a YouTube video for a cover of Billy Joel’s “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant,” both because I love that song (sorry Billy Joel haters!) and because the name of the group – … Continue reading
Cartoon: Hey did you hear? Biden is old!
One of my occasional non-evergreen cartoons. I’ve drawn “Media” as a guy with a TV for their head at least once before. But the design of the character is definitely evolving. And in this cartoon, a lot of that comes … Continue reading
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Cartoon: Only SOME Can Be Objective
Another cartoon drawn by Nadine Scholtes! As well as drawing this cartoon, Nadine made a crucial contribution to the script; she suggested making the final panel a thought balloon, an idea I immediately agreed to. This cartoon was directly inspired … Continue reading
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Cartoon: Media-Man To The Rescue!
If you like these cartoons, consider supporting the Patreon! A $2 pledge makes a big difference. ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── Hi! Sorry for the long pause in cartoons – I pulled a muscle in my right shoulder (I’m right-handed) and could … Continue reading
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Cartoon: Being Foxy About Vaccines
════ ⋆★⋆ ════ This cartoon is a collaboration with Becky Hawkins. ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ Nearly all Fox staffers vaccinated for Covid even as hosts cast doubt on vaccine | Fox News | The Guardian The vast majority of employees at Fox … Continue reading
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Cartoon: Might As Well Face It, We’re Addicted To Fear
If you like these cartoons, you can help me make more by supporting the Patreon. The marketplace is a terrible way to produce news. Because it the end, being the market, it’s not about what viewers need. Or about what … Continue reading
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Cancel Culture: It Won’t Stop! (AKA Being Evenhanded the Mainstream Media Way)
If you like these cartoons, you can support them with a long, complicated ritual that involves watching every episode of Buffy several times (remembering always that a show like Buffy has hundreds of creators, not just the asshole showrunner) followed … Continue reading
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People fear change and they fear the unknown. It is easy to convince people that a public heathcare system will…