newspapers & satire

this week's reading sure covers a lot of rather disconnected topics - okay not quite disconnected - but thay are so diverse in their respective foci.

i particularly enjoyed Marshall McLuhan's front page piece. i agree that a lot of the interpretation of the new(s) comes from its packaging. however i wonder how relevant this is today. it's not that the design isn't important, but McLuhan seems to point towards the cubism of the front page as the key to being interpreted...