Review — July / August 2011

The New Newsweek

Reviewed in comic format

By Ted Rall

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A second Ted Rall comic? What gives .. is this some kind of sympathy thing for him being dropped from so many papers for not have the right "tone" for the current administration?

And speaking of tone … didn’t you all get the memo from Arizona? I thought it was a bad thing to support and encourage those who openly advocate for political violence ?

#1 Posted by Mike H, CJR on Thu 21 Jul 2011 at 01:57 PM

Why does cjr have a comics section? And why are they scrawled in crayon unlike good comics like Tom Tomorrow

http://www.dailykos.com/user/Tom%20Tomorrow

or Barry Deutsh

http://www.leftycartoons.com/

Ted Rall is a sometimes reasonable guy with a point, but a lot of the time he's nasty and his strip isn't that insightful or funny.

So why is he contributing to a journalism review site? Are you content reviewers or content makers?

If you're content makers, get some good content that won't burn you 6 months from now with careless words you don't want to be associated with.

#2 Posted by Thimbles, CJR on Thu 21 Jul 2011 at 08:42 PM

Sorry about the repeat posts but your cgi seems to be returning a "javascript source missing" error which gives the submitter the impression the comment needs to be resubmitted.

And I'm not the only one it appears.

I'm on a mac with os x 10.5 and I used Google Chrome and Safari to make my submissions. Does it work right on windows?

#3 Posted by Thimbles, CJR on Thu 21 Jul 2011 at 11:31 PM

UK Perjury Act 1911

5 False statutory declarations and other false statements without oath.

If any person knowingly and wilfully makes (otherwise than on oath) a statement false in a material particular, and the statement is made—
[...]

(c) in any oral declaration or oral answer which he is required to make by, under, or in pursuance of any public general Act of Parliament for the time being in force,

he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be liable on conviction thereof on indictment to imprisonment . . . for any term not exceeding two years, or to a fine or to both such imprisonment and fine.

#4 Posted by Clayton Burns, CJR on Thu 21 Jul 2011 at 11:34 PM

Ps. I like the preview button. If that's the cause, once you work out the bugs, I will enter a state of ecstatic bliss.

#5 Posted by Thimbles, CJR on Thu 21 Jul 2011 at 11:34 PM

What an unusual way of describing news! Seems to me it makes the process even more interesting :) just like skill games help me to be in good mood.

#6 Posted by Miranda Cherry, CJR on Fri 22 Jul 2011 at 04:13 AM

I like the comic and hope there will be more. It's a criticism site so some vitrol with humor is totally appropriate. That said, anyone seen the new Newsweek. Is Rall on the mark about what Tina Brown has turned it in to?

#7 Posted by John, CJR on Fri 22 Jul 2011 at 10:49 AM

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