Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for March 22, 2024

The personal ads are often the most interesting section.

Our motto: “Democracy Dies in Snarkiness”.

It can be worse Opus, you could have a phone on your desk. Mebbe even a pc.

But God says His Word is the sword of truth. Able to separate bone from marrow. There can only be one. The Bible said it. I believe it. And that settles it.

A free press is essential to democracy. A coopted press is essentially the beginning of the end. The problem is the other side is always the coopted one, when really it’s both sides.

The comics, actually, Opus

Love BB’s irony here.

“Journalistic Integrity” was an oxymoron at the time. Even more so now.

Enjoy the press while you can, if the Orange One is elected, the free press goes away. The only ones that will be left will be things like Fox and Breibart News.

The problem is that falsehoods, misinformation, deception, slander, misleading statements and false accusations are considered free speech.

Freedom of thought is what you got, freedom from thought is what you want – Devo

’Read through the first three panels without being able to identify any media that meet that description….except, possibly, the BBC…

I read the Frostbite Falls Picayune Intelligence newspaper where old is news

The press has always been biased and reflect the views of their publisher. The Hearst newspapers are a good example. Often a city would have two papers a Republican and Democratic one.

I like the comics section best. Always have.