When some candy sticks to the babysitter's butt, Homer removes it and is accused of sexual misconduct. Soon the press is all over it. The show is exaggerated but hold many truths. Well done.

Homer is falsely accused of sexual harassment by the babysitter.

This is a very strong episode that satirises tabloid media and television's influence on people.

The writers take a savage swipe at trash journalism and the gullibility of people who believe everything they see on television. I have to say that it's a good choice of theme and I love it. The irony of having a couch potato suffering at the hands of his favourite pastime is very funny.

There is plenty of memorable humour and parody. I love all the scenes at the candy convention, plus all the anguish Homer goes through in the process of clearing his name. Some of the visual gags are particularly strong like Homer's robe blowing in the wind and Bart following his video game cartridge.

The Simpsons makes some good jabs here- media more interested in selling ads than truth. But as some of the reviews of this episode show, this episode spreads the entirely wrong take on how claims of sexual harassment and assault are treated.

Especially in the context of 1994. The almost all male writers of this episode were completely aware of the Anita Hill testimony and other public cases. In none of those cases were men immediately or overwhelmingly condemned by media. Instead every major news organization and leaders of both parties (including Biden) either believed it was a he-said-she-said or that she was a "spurned woman" to quote one US senator.

This episode makes the mistake that the Simpsons almost never do. It punched down. It made a female baby sitter seem like an all powerful leader of a witch hunt while poor homer is a victim of media lies. Overwhelmingly the opposite is true in real life.

Twenty years later and I am still surprised at how much this represents the media's choices. It really shows the hypocrisy and bandwagoning that people tend to participate in, even today.

Over 25 years old, still spot on... only it's called getting Me Too'd in 2020.