There are several methods of dealing with a much-publicized scandal, some less advisable than others. Issuing a public apology for mistakes or poor judgment? Pretty much always a good idea. Holding individuals responsible for their roles and dealing with them accordingly? Usually works out pretty well. Publishing a tacky, potentially offensive cartoon making light of serious allegations AND life-threatening poverty? Oddly enough, that rarely ever works.

And, yet, that’s precisely what the Times of London did when it ran an editorial cartoon, marked “Priorities…”,depicting three starving, ethnically ambiguous children sitting nude in the sand. One of the doe-eyed children looks mournfully out at the viewer, cradling his distended stomach and announcing that he has had “a bellyful of phone-hacking.” Any guesses at to what company owns the Times of London?

Remember when you used to watch Sunday morning cartoons? You know, the shows about superheroes who used their powers for good to defeat the forces of evil in a mere 22 minutes? Well, our enemies may have discovered this weapon of mass distraction, and are using it to brainwash future generations of jihadists. According to [...]

As a result of the Comcast acquisition of NBC Universal, the quick-witted Taiwanese animators at NMA News predicted a future where MSNBC kept Keith Olbermann and instead transformed the whole network into a sports channel where Rachel Maddow hosts a show playing rugby and the slogan is “Fall Forward.” The animators even get a little feisty, saying MSNBC has “devolved into a shouty, left-leaning circus.”

The now famous press conference President Obama handed over to former President Bill Clinton is the source material for another very funny video from the Taiwanese animators over at NMA News. No one is safe from ridicule here as Obama is trampled by a Republican elephant, Clinton is summoned by a Playboy bunny signal in the sky, and even soon-to-be Speaker of the House John Boehner gets laughed at for crying during his 60 Minutes interview.

Several months back, I attended an all-female panel assembled to discuss why women don’t typically participate on media panels. I noted in my review that “the goal was to demonstrate to future conference planners and columnists that women offer a unique voice and belong on the panelist circuit.” As these issues take great deals of [...]