Well, Mewf0ur's rant could, in some countries, be considered a political commentary, so rest assured. Besides, Charles calls it the "Mewfour program", doesn't he? Also, there weren't any commentaries following Ada's speech, as you say in your reply (no one stayed to watch it, remember? ), but following the mods conference. (I suppose this is a reference to #46, where Gavin is all "Uh, buh, well, I... we're doing... stuff!", as you put it in the following issue.)

Ooh, new guy! Could he have been "the guy" Charles was talking about that he knew in issue #114? ... And for that matter, rereading said issue, I'm beginning to wonder if "the guy" didn't have a hand in assuring no-one stayed around to watch mistysakura's announcement: "The bad news is that no one stayed to see mistysakura's announcement. Let me remind you, sir... I know a guy." If you read it like that, it would seem that a new force in FF has just shown its face to us.
But what could Charles be up to, and what would he be so "handsomely" rewarded for? Forging the ratings report? Making sure no one saw the announcement? Manipulating fireguardian to do the monkey dance? ...
Let's a-wait and see...