Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 17, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  over 2 years ago

    Now we know TV news is aimed people with minds of 6 year-olds.

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    codycab  over 2 years ago

    I’m not as patient as I used to be. Haven’t bothered watching a movie in a long time.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 2 years ago

    What news were you expecting to be about, Calvin? Yourself doing some amazing feat?

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    sirbadger  over 2 years ago

    A sound bite is better than 24/7 news coverage.

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Boy, does this ever look familiar!

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    Susan00100  over 2 years ago

    He must be watching Fox News!!

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    Scorpio Premium Member over 2 years ago

    The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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    M2MM  over 2 years ago

    Must be watching FOX.

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    whahoppened  over 2 years ago

    Not to worry, Calvin, it understands you better than you think.

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    rshive  over 2 years ago

    Sensationalism wins a well-earned triumph.

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    bluram  over 2 years ago

    Back to Sesame Street.

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    TCA1799 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Apparently a short attention span is not a new thing! Been around since 1992 at least.

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    Mr_Cool  over 2 years ago

    BW was way ahead of his time.

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    sandpiper  over 2 years ago

    And this was early times leading cell phones to become appendages and a focus for short term thinking.

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    jagedlo  over 2 years ago

    Wow, that TV is bouncing around more than Calvin is!

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    As it ever was with news. Yellow journalism got us into the Spanish American war. Walter Cronkrite got us out of Vietnam and todays journalists just twist the facts faster. We live in magical times.

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    tripwire45  over 2 years ago

    Nothing’s really changed.

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    nathan.sheriff3  over 2 years ago

    I loved 90’s Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network commercials/ bumpers. Short, sweet & to the point!

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    Diat60  over 2 years ago

    So called “independent” news channels featuring discussion panels with ALL the participants on the same side!

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    gantech  over 2 years ago

    Calvin is so ADHD.

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    pixiekitten Premium Member over 2 years ago

    And this strip was done before the explosion of 24/7 “news” cable networks (CNN was around but it was far better than what cable news is now).

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    flagmichael  over 2 years ago

    In the days of our youths (for the geezers among us) TV shows would attract advertisers that were looking for an audience like their target audience. With three TV channels the competition was there. Now, with streaming of anything anytime that dynamic is gone.

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    mindjob  over 2 years ago

    Some idiots still watch TV

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    prairiedogdance Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Folks here are right mentioning he must be watching FOX News. I remember this strip and it was a real time commentary on the advent of the “new” station that had just debuted, and it was clear from the start it had a different agenda from traditional national networks. They front loaded their “news” programming with lots of fluff and “fun” stories, advertising they wanted viewers who were tired of the usual doom and gloom.

    They often showed outlandish or twisted stories to change the tone or spice up the interest, highlighting some dubious or scurrilous element to imply they had a scoop the others didn’t. After a while it became a schtick to portray popular, mainstream mostly dem political figures unkindly, taking quotes out of context, misrepresenting actions, insinuating something nefarious was going on. They would get the smear out, then retract it quietly if the target threatened to sue.

    To assuage viewers who were starting to catch on, they added the tagline “fair and balanced” simply to give the impression that other stations weren’t, even though they were the ones skewing things. It was working and other stations were losing viewers so they all started to fluff up their programs to compete, with more human interest and less Cronkite gravitas.

    Murdoch, a craven right winger, was finally called to account for his flaunting of FCC regulations around news programming which required fact checking, neutrality in coverage, and avoidance of charged rhetoric, opinion segments labeled, etc. He laughed at the committee and said, “FOX News” is just the name of the company. We are in the ‘creative entertainment’ business, it says so right here in our license application.”

    And he got away with it, free to nurture this dangerous distrust of vital mainstream news. FOX marched right into it’s real goal as the propaganda organ of the reactionary right, with millions of duped citizens locked in step.

    Turns out Murdoch was sly as a…..

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    I was FRAMED!!!!!!  over 2 years ago

    He must be watching Faux News.

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    A Hip loving Canadian...  over 2 years ago

    We finally cut cable right out and we don’t really miss it. If and when we want entertainment, we stream it.

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    Daltongang Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Ah I miss the days when between 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. the air waves were filled with cartoons for kids. At 5:30 p.m. was the national news and at 6:00 p.m. was the local news.

    Saturday mornings cartoons started around 7:00 a.m. with Mighty Mouse, followed by Heckle and Jeckle. Next came Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales followed by Underdog. The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour rounded out the cartoons only to be followed by Roy Rogers, after Roy Rogers was Sky King. Then a quick lunch and out the door to play until supper time.

    Over time some of the cartoons were replaced by the likes of HR Puffen Stuff, Josie and the Pussy cats etc. But the Saturday morning formula stayed the same for many years.

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  over 2 years ago

    The problem with the media is that it gives us exactly what we want.

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    Cincoflex  over 2 years ago

    Man, this strip is pretty timely.

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    mistercatworks  over 2 years ago

    Sometimes I actually write to editorial contacts. Sometimes they agree with me, but the tide itself never turns.

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    GreggW Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Amusing himself to death. Pace Neil Postman.

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    rklynch  over 2 years ago

    I never watch the news. It’s either too depressing, or it just pisses me off…

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    AlienHillbilly  over 2 years ago

    The worst manifestation of cable ‘news’ is the ‘ambush journalism’ carried out by the likes of cretin Jesse Watters!

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    g04922  over 2 years ago

    Good commentary on todays ‘News’ outlets.

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    stamps  over 2 years ago

    He must be watching Fox news.

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    wiley207  over 2 years ago

    Angry Dad: “That’s opinion! NOT NEWS!”

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    dbradway1  over 2 years ago

    So, Calvin grew up to be a Trump supporter?

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    kab2rb  over 2 years ago

    The public gives reporters of news department the story of what public does against the law. Curtis you are too young to watch public mess up that creates the news story.

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    erinurse2000  over 2 years ago

    Plus ca change…

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    WCraft Premium Member over 2 years ago

    That was 25 years ago. Fortunately, the news has evolved and lives by the rule book called “Journalistic Integrity.” They just give us the straight news, no matter whose ox is being gored and they won’t stand for partisanship in reporting.

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    Brian  Premium Member over 2 years ago

    No matter how many times I see it, the bouncing TV gives me a laugh.

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    hagarthehorrible  over 2 years ago

    The gravity defying tv is one of the masterpieces of Bill.

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    Shadar2001  over 2 years ago

    Calvin watches the news?!

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    Sailor46 USN 65-95  over 2 years ago

    As does it seem most of the rest of the Human Race.

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    einarbt  over 2 years ago

    And things have not exactly gotten any better.

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    aussie399 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    What do you mean Fox news??There is NO SUCH THING AS AN UNBIASED, TRUTHFUL, ACCURATE NEWS SERVICE these days.And agreeing with leftist agendas does not make it truthful, just more likely to be inaccurate, or just plain wrong, and biased

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