satire
On criticism and appropriate times Paid Members Public
Now is not the time to criticise the Galaxy Note 7 [https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/now-is-not-the-time-to-criticize-the-galaxy-note-7] : > Now, I’m not going to stand here and pretend like this phone doesn’t have problems. After all, the proof that it gets overheated and explodes for practically no reason at
An "Apology" from Uber Paid Members Public
And, while we’re in a video mood, here’s an “apology” from Uber. [An Apology From Uber](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f8fbe12966/an-apology-from-uber "from Funny Or Die, Josh Wallace") from [Funny Or Die](http://www.funnyordie.com/funnyordie)(Yes, of course it’s satire.)
Life behind the Instagram post Paid Members Public
Is this you? [Seek support](http://instagramhusband.com/).
Back in Bloom (County) Paid Members Public
The fact that this exists, is on Facebook and is embeddable here makes me so very happy. Bloom County is back – for a while, at least.
The Charlie Hebdo Backlash Paid Members Public
A swath of prominent American literary figures are worried by the support for Charlie Hebdo [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/05/america-s-literary-elite-takes-a-bold-stand-against-dead-journalists.html] after the shootings earlier this year. but their arguments don’t always tarry with reality: > Elsewhere, the #JeSuisCharlie brigades were admonished for affiliating with
news:rewired: the open, crowd-sourced, interactive jargon drinking game Paid Members Public
A digital journalism jargon drinking game for attendees of the news rewired conference.
Charlie Hebdo, the French tradition of satire, and cherry-picking cartoons Paid Members Public
There’s been a growing consensus online that Charlie Hebdo [http://www.charliehebdo.fr/index.html] is a “racist” magazine. In fact, I’ve ended up in a couple of online skirmishes with people because of their insistence that use of #jesuischarlie was tantamount to identifying positively with racists. I
Satire is a powerful weapon of democracy Paid Members Public
Satire is a wonderful part of our political debate. Satire is an under-appreciated part of journalism. Satirical websites and magazines are a celebration of what it means to be human, and a powerful tool to undermine those who would control us. No wonder people want to destroy it [http://www.
