Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 29, 2004
Transcript:
Ele...in the time before Man Boss: Uh...Phil? What's with this story you filed? Phil: It's an investigative report chronicling the decline of our once-thriving competitive and independent news media after bring about the fall of Emperor Noxious 30 years ago... Since then, industrial forces backing the Bombast party began to purchase news outlets across the country, then shut them down one by one to control the flow of information to the increasingly apathetic public... ...So all that'll be left is a news media that's little more than an extension of the P.R. department for the ones we're supposed to be scrutinizing! Bartender: Look at the bright side, Phil...no one reads today anyway, so even if you kept your job... Phil: Shut up and keep pouring, Ralph...