#smrgSAHAF Newseum Book of Cartoons : Featuring Cartoons From the New Yorker - 2007
INTRODUCTION
In the modern media landscape, news is presented to us in a constant barrage- "24/7" to use the vernacular. It is on the radio, television, innumerable cable channels, the Internet, your iPod, in the blogosphere and on your transcontinental flight. Consumers want news on demand. They want it in different forms at different times of the day and in different locales. If the pharmaceutical industry could figure out how to deliver it in a pill, consumers no doubt would want it that way as well.
An irony of this news explosion, however, is that as consumers demand more and more news in faster and more varied formats, they become increasingly critical of the news they are getting and the industry that delivers it. It seems in the digital age almost everyone has two jobs: the one they collect a paycheck for, and being a news media critic.
The cartoonists of The New Yorker-no fools-have, thankfully, figured out a way to get paid for doing both. Not only that, but they get paid by the news media. That's the beauty of a good joke. You can sting somebody without hurting them. In fact, it is often a point of pride among journalists and news organizations to have been subjected to The New Yorker's wit.
For more than 80 years, the cartoonists of The New Yorker have perfected their brand of gentle but insightful humor. Collected here are some of the best of their jabs at the people and companies that bring you the news. Many of these works were selected for exhibition at the Newseum during its 2007 opening. We hope you enjoy them at least as much as people at whom they were directed.
Joe Urschel Executive Director, Newseum
INTRODUCTION
In the modern media landscape, news is presented to us in a constant barrage- "24/7" to use the vernacular. It is on the radio, television, innumerable cable channels, the Internet, your iPod, in the blogosphere and on your transcontinental flight. Consumers want news on demand. They want it in different forms at different times of the day and in different locales. If the pharmaceutical industry could figure out how to deliver it in a pill, consumers no doubt would want it that way as well.
An irony of this news explosion, however, is that as consumers demand more and more news in faster and more varied formats, they become increasingly critical of the news they are getting and the industry that delivers it. It seems in the digital age almost everyone has two jobs: the one they collect a paycheck for, and being a news media critic.
The cartoonists of The New Yorker-no fools-have, thankfully, figured out a way to get paid for doing both. Not only that, but they get paid by the news media. That's the beauty of a good joke. You can sting somebody without hurting them. In fact, it is often a point of pride among journalists and news organizations to have been subjected to The New Yorker's wit.
For more than 80 years, the cartoonists of The New Yorker have perfected their brand of gentle but insightful humor. Collected here are some of the best of their jabs at the people and companies that bring you the news. Many of these works were selected for exhibition at the Newseum during its 2007 opening. We hope you enjoy them at least as much as people at whom they were directed.
Joe Urschel Executive Director, Newseum
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