as the legacy media have dumbed down, The New Yorker has dumbed up
- Written by Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University
Like many, I entered The New Yorker through the cartoon door. The first cartoon I loved, and remember to this day, featured a New Yorker staple – two guys sitting in a bar – with one saying to the other: “I wish just once someone would say to me, ‘I read your latest ad, and I loved it’.”
For someone whose first...





