My childhood of reading Mad Magazine prepared me well for modern media. It was the one expense I always found the coin for. I enjoyed its brand of humor. It was good training for what I see as “news” today.
The difference was, I knew it was humor. I read what is called serious news today and I am not sure that the “reporter” realizes that he is more in the mold of Mad Magazine than..... I am sorry, I can’t think of a positive comparison today.
It would be interesting to see what history will say about this time period.
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I hadn't thought about it before, but you're absolutely right! - lol
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