• barack obama

    Obama's Cartoon Retribution

    After the New Yorker ran its controversial Barack Obama cover satirically mocking smears against the candidate, the presumptive Democratic nominee acted like it really didn't bother him all that much. "It's a cartoon," he told CNN. That seemed very reasonable! But it sounds like Obama was more angry than he let on. The New Yorker was shut out of much-coveted plane tickets for the senator's trip to the Middle East and Europe next week. Neither Washington correspondent Ryan Lizza nor, Politico's Mike Allen confirms via email, anyone else from the magazine is among the 40 journalists blessed with seats. Granted, some 200 people applied for tickets. But given the New Yorker's circulation, influence and often heroic coverage of not only politics but also the war in Iraq (George Packer), U.S. intelligence and covert military operations (Seymour Hersh, Steve Coll), American torture (Jane Mayer) and the inner workings of the Bush administration, it's hard to see the snub as anything other than payback. More »
    07/20/08
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    Comment by TheKingslayer: Honestly it wasn't that bad. I mean some of the cartoons that have graced many a magazine, newspaper featuring politicians... more » | Other threads

  • david remnick

    New Yorker Editor Hearts Jon Stewart

    New Yorker editor David Remnick went on the Charlie Rose last night to talk about the whole to-do over the Barack Obama caricature cover. OH GOD JUST LET IT END, right? Remnick kind of feels the same way. But he did take a fun swipe at useless Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz, and also talked about how his magazine is totally in the bag for Obama and will probably endorse him, so maybe everyone should stop hating him, a position that seems likely to cause some sort of problem for the magazine down the line. He also repeatedly lavished praise on Daily Show host (and New Yorker defender) Jon Stewart, who he called "our greatest press critic." Find out what special favor Remnick did for Stewart by clicking on the thumbnail at left for the clip, and also have fun trying to figure out if Remnick truly believes that "this [cover] image may be too complicated to work out for some people" (his words) or that such a notion is elitist, as he also seems to argue.
    07/17/08
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    Comment by SW-2: Ooh, what kind of beer, David? Was the Daily Show cast blitzed last night? I didn't watch. more » | Other threads

  • foofaraw

    Obama On Cover Flap: "It's a Cartoon"

    Here's Obama responding reasonably to that New Yorker cover! He thinks it is unsuccessful as satire (whatevs!) but also says it's just a cartoon. And though he sort of calls the cover an "insult to Muslim-Americans" he really seems to be apologizing for his campaign's "omg Muslims are scary, good thing our guy's a stand-up Christian" routine. Look, we're sick to death of his campaign and his supporters (especially this week!) but the guy's off-the-cuff reasonableness still impresses us. Is that a sign that our standards have fallen? Compare Obama's cartoon routine to Jon Stewart's on last night's Daily Show, after the jump. More »
    07/16/08
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    By Pareene

    Comment by Jerilyn: A Muslim would not say it's just a cartoon. BAMA = BRILLIANT. Love the man. I'm going to move to Florida... more » | Other threads

  • foofaraw

    Columnists Outraged At Obama Smears Repeat Obama Smears

    Hah. Newsweek's Jonathan Alter is upset about that New Yorker cover. Because he knows the power of images and of repeating smears, even for satirical or debunking purposes. Which is why, after he derides the cover, he then presents a list of every anti-Obama smear he can think of, all listed in bold text. Whoops! To help reverse the damage this column will cause, we present here another pro-Obama photoshop. In this one he is athletic and virile! More »
    07/15/08
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    By Pareene

    Comment by Zorica: @hypocriteoath: Good summary. Poor execution of something that would have been touchy anyway resulting in exponentially more ways to... more » | Other threads

  • foofaraw

    Reader Response: We Are All Racist For Not Hating that 'New Yorker' Cover

    A reader is upset with Gawker for wholeheartedly embracing The New Yorker's terribly offensive cartoon about how Barack Obama is a terrorist. She writes: More »
    07/14/08
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    By Pareene

    Comment by Awestruck: @Helman: Nobody's here, but I wanted to respond to that: yes, it's a more accurate reflection of how people who... more » | Other threads

  • foofaraw

    Wolf Blitzer Calls David Remnick a Nazi (Kind of)

    New Yorker editor David Remnick went on The Situation Room today to answer to Wolf Blitzer about his magazine's ridiculous Obama cover. "There are gonna be a lot of people who aren't going to be sophisticated New Yorker readers," Wolf asserted, "who are going to look at this cover" and assume it is an accurate portrayal of reality. Remnick—typical hate-monger!—says this is condescending. In the attached clip, watch Wolf claim that the cover could've appeared on "a neo-Nazi magazine." Context is meaningless! No one gets anything anymore! Remnick says some crazy thing about being Colbert in Print, but no one gets jokes without studio audiences to explain what is supposed to be funny. (After the jump, in a calmer setting, New Yorker political writer Hendrick Hertzberg holds up the cover and grins. He almost giggles!) More »
    07/14/08
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    By Pareene

    Comment by blue_sheep: I (heart) Hertzberg. And what would people be saying about a cover with Dick and Lynne, in Arab garb, doing a... more » | Other threads

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