CANDORVILLE daily comics by Darrin Bell » The Media

Finally a comics poll that makes sense

Blog: January 17th, 2007

I’m sure they’re paying more attention to the people voting by paper or online, but if I’m wrong — if polling random people in a bar late at night (watch the video clip) is how the Hamilton Spectator is choosing its new comics, I think it’s revolutionary. In fact, I think newspapers should choose all [...]

Lib’ral Media Covers Up for Obama

Blog: January 23rd, 2007

Nice try, Chicago Sun-Times:
Barack Obama’s week-old presidential campaign has been hit with a smear. Hillary Clinton’s White House bid, launched Saturday, has been attacked with an unfounded accusation. Contrary to what was reported in Insight magazine and then repeated on Fox News and in other news outlets, including a column that ran in the Sun-Times by [...]

Washington Times disavows Insight over Obama story

Blog: January 29th, 2007

Like alcoholic parents trying to disavow their crack-whore son, the Washington Times is attempting to distance itself from the bogus Obama-madrassah story — a story that they and Fox News had amplified.
The Washington Times, which is also owned by the Unification Church, but operates separately from the Web site, quickly disavowed the article. Its national [...]

Fox News: Barack Obama, Sex Offender?

Blog: February 11th, 2007

Faux News affiliates sure are subtle, aren’t they?
Don’t think subliminal crap like this works? Take a look at how well it works even on people who make their living at it (watch it through to the end for the payoff):
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Fox News: Oh no, Obama (gasp) SMOKES!

Blog: February 14th, 2007

A few questions to keep in mind while watching the latest salvo in the Faux News bombardment of Senator Obama:1. So we haven’t seen Obama smoke. Since when have we seen any politician smoke? Do they expect the Senator to fire up a Marlboro while he’s on camera with Wolf Blitzer?2. Why does the commentator [...]

Fox’s Obama obsession: If it walks like racism and talks like racism…

Blog: February 15th, 2007

I saw something on YouTube the other day (I’ve posted it below) that I found disturbing. But luckily, I had the foresight to pull out and leaf through my tattered copy of The Modern American’s Guide for Interpreting Other People’s Behavior: Women/Minority/Gay Editionâ„¢. I carry it with me everywhere I go. It comes in handy [...]

What’s going on with the LA Times?

Blog: March 5th, 2007

Readers are writing in today to ask why they don’t see Candorville in the LA Times. They also note that La Cucaracha and Mallard Fillmore have been dropped. Honestly, I don’t know what’s going on and neither does my syndicate. We weren’t informed of any change in status, and usually when papers make such a [...]

CNN is dead to me

Blog: June 28th, 2007

Like most Americans, I care whether I live or die — which means, by extension, I care about the state of our nation’s health care system. So when I heard Michael Moore was going to appear on Larry King Live to discuss the failings and possible fixes for that system, I dutifully set my TiVo. [...]

Michael Moore injures Wolf Blitzer in cage match

Blog: July 10th, 2007

When Laura and I walked out of the Arclight in Hollywood after seeing Michael Moore’s Sicko, I scanned the floor ahead for rusty nails, sharp-toothed dogs, falling satellites — anything that might necessitate a trip to Kaiser. Laura would probably tell you I’m a bit of a hypochondriac. That couldn’t be further from the truth. [...]

It’s cool, but is it an editorial cartoon?

Blog: July 15th, 2007

Editorial cartoonists are dropping like flies, in concert with the declining health of the newspaper industry. The Internet is the most likely culprit. As people increasingly turn to to their computers for news, some cartoonists, like Mark Fiore, are adapting as well — becoming animators. This year’s Pulitzer winning editorial cartoonist won partially for his [...]