When I was growing up, news programs were only a half-hour long. With weather and sports, that meant the program had about ten minutes to focus on news, which meant the emphasis was on major issues. Now, in this time of “24/7 news”, the need to fill broadcasting time has resulted in the significant being pushed aside in favor of more and more triviality. Today’s strip is an illustration of this.
Gary T., get rid of Roland. The character’s too much of a hack to be funny, and now you’re just dragging out a joke that made it’s point by Wednesday of last week.
The prolonged death agony of celebrity journalism is worth a week or so of looking at what it’s become. Maybe Trudeau can have Roland eat bugs for spring sweeps.
margueritem about 15 years ago
Roland, you may be jobless soon.
phydeaux44 about 15 years ago
When I was growing up, news programs were only a half-hour long. With weather and sports, that meant the program had about ten minutes to focus on news, which meant the emphasis was on major issues. Now, in this time of “24/7 news”, the need to fill broadcasting time has resulted in the significant being pushed aside in favor of more and more triviality. Today’s strip is an illustration of this.
Alabama Al about 15 years ago
Gary T., get rid of Roland. The character’s too much of a hack to be funny, and now you’re just dragging out a joke that made it’s point by Wednesday of last week.
ChiehHsia about 15 years ago
Sorry, GT, but I have to agree with Al on this one.
Gwyon about 15 years ago
The prolonged death agony of celebrity journalism is worth a week or so of looking at what it’s become. Maybe Trudeau can have Roland eat bugs for spring sweeps.
milano99 about 15 years ago
Oh, I don’t really have a problem with this thread, since Roland Hedley has been a twit for years in this strip.
ChiehHsia about 15 years ago
I guess it’s just that so many of my clients are twits in real life, that it bothers me to see them in the comics too… and so true to life, at that.
Radical-Knight about 15 years ago
Cool, Roland. Let’s not make this report TOO self-centered and forget the purpose of wearing a PRESS card.