Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 08, 2011
December 07, 2011
December 09, 2011
Transcript:
Roz: So the skipper says to expect even more "turbulence." Melissa: Is that what they call it? Roz: Apparently, the insurgents want to make it look like they're driving us out. Melissa: Right. It's all about the optics. Roz: Well, I hadn't heard that. Might be time for a change. Melissa: A change from what? Roz: Getting all my news from "Jersey Shore." Melissa: News?
Roz’s news source is a “reality” (read “unreality”) TV series that “has garnered record ratings for MTV, making it the network’s most viewed series telecast ever” (Wikipedia). Mel shows Roz that she knows better, by cynically shooting back: “News?” The point: many people, both Americans in Iraq and back home in the U.S., are getting skewed views (“optics”), dominated by the neocon right-wing. The wing that skew-viewed us into that war is now skew-viewing us out.