Comic #6654: the-media
Description
Here's the transcription of the comic:
Top Panel:
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Person 1: "DEAR THE MEDIA, WHY DO YOU ONLY COVER SALACIOUS OPINIONS AND PASSING FADS? WHY NOT THINGS THAT MATTER?"
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Person 2: "BECAUSE YOU WILL DEMAND MORE MEANINGFUL COVERAGE RIGHT UP UNTIL THE MOMENT WE PROVIDE IT, AT WHICH POINT YOU'LL SWITCH TO A LISTICLE ABOUT CELEBRITY BOWEL MOVEMENTS."
Middle Panel:
- Person 2: "THE AVERAGE CONSUMER WILL WATCH 6 HOURS OF THE MOST IDIOTIC, INFLAMMATORY, VACUOUS, GOSSIP-ORIENTED QUASI-NEWS THEY CAN FIND AND THEN COMPLAIN THAT RESPECTABLE NEWS SITES THEY NEVER REFERENCE HAVE SUPPOSEDLY NOT COVERED SOMETHING."
Bottom Left Panel:
- Person 2: "THE PUBLIC YELLING AT NEWS COVERAGE IS LIKE A GUY WHO HASN'T BATHED OR COMBED HIS HAIR IN 20 YEARS YELLING AT THE MIRROR FOR BEING TOO UGLY."
Bottom Right Panel:
- Person 2: "IN SUM, FUCK YOU. SINCERELY, THE MEDIA."
Small Panel:
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Person 1: "SORRY, I LOST FOCUS FOR A SEC THERE. COULD YOU REWRITE IT AS A HEADLINE?"
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Person 2: "YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW RETROSPECTIVELY EMPTY THIS MAN'S LIFE WILL BE!"
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