This has hit the news all over the place; one part being that both John McCain and Barack Obama agreed on something today-that this was not well done, well thought out and generally in very bad taste.
Several links:
WASHINGTON (July 14) - Barack Obama's campaign says a satirical New Yorker magazine cover showing the Democratic presidential candidate dressed as a Muslim and his wife as a terrorist is "tasteless and offensive."
The illustration on the issue that hits newsstands Monday, titled "The Politics of Fear" and drawn by Barry Blitt, depicts Barack Obama wearing sandals, robe and a turban and his wife, Michelle, dressed in camouflage, combat boots and an assault rifle strapped over her shoulder - standing in the Oval Office.
http://news.aol.com/elections/story/...14093009990001
I looked at New Yorker Magazines web site and the cover itself was not there:
http://www.newyorker.com/
New York Magazine, whole different magazine, has some fed back on it which does show the cover:
Breaking: Some Not Finding ‘New Yorker’ Cartoon Very Funny
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/07...ery_funny.html
New Yorker's Obama Cover Touches Nerve
http://news.aol.com/political-machin...touches-nerve/
New Yorker, I Got Your Satire Right Here
http://news.aol.com/political-machin...re-right-here/
And the following one is rather interesting as the writer ,among other matters, runs an Op-Ed Cartoon web site and is a past president of the National Cartoonists Society:
Why The New Yorker's Obama Cover is a Lousy
Cartoon
Daryl Cagle
http://caglepost.com/column/Daryl+Ca...y+Cartoon.html
Want Obama in a Punch Line? First, Find a Joke
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/us...ss&oref=slogin
What say you about this?
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