User blog comment:The Dragon Demands/Slapping Joffrey compilation (set to "Sweet Dreams are Made of These")/@comment-7337815-20130402173252

This is a great exchange - I love it! I disagree somewhat that Cersei is "ridiculously incompetent." I think she is quite skilled at PR and manipulating the truth. As she says to Joffrey when she is dressing his bite, "the truth will be what you make it" (or something like that). He is effectively learning lies and deception at his mother's knee.

However, I suspect that, as we saw by Margery's Princess Diana performance in Season 3, Ep. 1,  Margery may run circles around Cersei when it comes to PR.

I've often wondered if Cersei doesn't control Joffrey better because she fears his power over her.