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The New Yorker, pandering to the racist instincts of the Republican Right.
By referring to--- as "tasteless and offensive---" the New Yorker magazine cover that depicts Barack Obama and his wife Michelle in the most unflatterng terms, the Obama campaign could'nt have been more charitable to the once acclaimed and respected magazine that is now trying to boost its sluggish circulation by appealling to the most racist sentiments of the Republican Right. The New Yorker is stooping so low, and driven by its commercial considerations in highlighting a storyline that has the effect of advancing the Republican political narrative designed to portray the Obamas as unpatriot and sympathetic to terrorists. This insidious and incendiary, as well as inflamatory political caricature by the New Yorker artist Barry Blitt, masquerading as a constructive satire is nothing short pandering to the basest instincts of the Right and smacks of outright racism characterizing the political culture of the Republican Party and Conservative Movement.
Comments (9)
How about this Blitt cartoon? Insidious and incendiary, right?
Save your outrage for the real outrages.
July 14, 2008 2:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
eh, didnt show up
http://www.magazine.org/userdata/content/images/18999/ACF396.jpg
July 14, 2008 3:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dude, you're getting your outrage all over the place. Sheesh.
July 14, 2008 4:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
July 14, 2008 4:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oops, the second paragraph is my own serious assessment, not to be confused with that of the poster. Blockquotes gone awry.
July 14, 2008 4:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Denny's and Cracker Barrel? You don't read The New Yorker either, do you?
July 14, 2008 11:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
The editor for The New Yorker was on MSNBC yesterday and basically said that it was satire and that nobody would think that it was serious. To me the only problem with their judgment here is that they are missing the fact that there are a lot of people in this country to do believe those lies. If those people see the cover of the magazine, do you think they are going to read it to find out that it's all not true? No of course not.
Satire works when nobody would take it seriously; but the problem with their cover is that plenty of uninformed Americans will take it seriously.
July 15, 2008 9:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
JohnAH, your comment on the New Yorker magazine Obama caricature is right on the money if only to bring to light with maximum clarity the folly of publishing such an obviously incendiary cartoon under false pretences couched with satirical fallacy. One would have to be naive at best, or brain dead at worst not to appreciate the negative as well as the devastating impact of the cartoon. Thank you for your illuminating comment.
July 15, 2008 1:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Take a deep breath....It is satire. Dont let your elitist view of your fellow Americans show through.
July 15, 2008 10:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
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