Dana Summers is the creator of the comic strip Bound and Gagged. He also finds time to co-create a second strip, The Middletons, with fellow Orlando Sentinel cartoonist Ralph Dunagin. His third job is editorial cartoonist for The Orlando Sentinel. His editorial cartoons have been in syndication since 1985.
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I Play One On TV said, 6 months ago
“Tune in again tomorrow, for another thrilling episode of ‘As the Stomach Turns’…”
Radish
said, 6 months ago
You would think he would have been aware of domino theory.
Ms. Ima said, 6 months ago
The media is a very willing lapdog to take the average American’s mind off the falling stock market, the upcoming massive tax increases, the Benghazi-gate etc etc…
Ionizer said, 6 months ago
@Ms. Ima
But most people have been conditioned to have short attention spans. Get the info into a sound bite, or you’ll lose your audience. If people have to pay attention for more than 20 seconds or so, they’ll switch to something else. Do you channel-surf during commercials?
The media don’t have to do a lot for folks to move on to the next thing the Kardashians have done. Remember, thinking and reasoning requires effort. Always has, always will, and most people aren’t willing to expend the energy.