John Boehner Gives Obama 'Terrorist Fist Bump' On New Yorker Cover
In his inaugural address in January 2009, President Barack Obama promised a new era of diplomacy in foreign affairs. "To those who cling to power thro...
In his inaugural address in January 2009, President Barack Obama promised a new era of diplomacy in foreign affairs. "To those who cling to power thro...
Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011
In the last two and a half months, Mrs. Obama has had the unique opportunity to single-handedly correct and contradict a litany of tired stereotypes about black women.
Trey Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011
The New York Times' non-story about Obama's casual relationship with Bill Ayers is their version of the odiously unfunny New Yorker cover of Obama dressed like a terrorist.
New York Post | Keith Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011
The controversial July 21 cover of The New Yorker portraying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a Muslim has been a virtual sellout on ...
Jerry Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011
One more cartoon deserves mention: Walt Handlesman's view on how a prototypical New Yorker reader ..."Urbane! ... Abstract!" ...views the cover is spot on. Check it out.
Robert Koehler | Posted 05.25.2011
The moral perspective of the New Yorker cover was buried at the bottom of the table of contents on page two -- fiendishly understated, you might say.
Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards | Posted 05.25.2011
The media's self-censoring is not reverse racism. It's just racism. If only "positive" views of Obama are allowed, it's only because we believe he needs protection.
Bruce Kluger | Posted 05.25.2011
Who can blame viewers for wanting a little cavorting with their reporting? Today's voters toggle easily between sober op-eds and faux-news analysts squirting seltzer down the candidates' pants.
Bart Motes | Posted 05.25.2011
All of us, including Barack Obama, should hope that the Obama campaign did not snub Ryan Lizza, not only because of what it would tell us about Obama, but because of what Lizza is capable of telling us.
Vanity Fair | Posted 05.25.2011
We here at Vanity Fair maintain a kind of affectionate rivalry with our downstairs neighbors at The New Yorker. We play softball every year, compete f...
Mark Oppenheimer | Posted 05.25.2011
If you haven't seen it yet, check out Lee Siegel's extremely smart piece about the New Yorker cover depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as anti-Americ...
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011
The imagery on the cover of the New Yorker represents the quality of conversation on race and religion in this country: mixed messages, nothing decoded.
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011
Shouldn't the New Yorker now give equal time to the factors that could likewise define the McCain campaign -- his one-ness with the incumbent, his age, his unbalanced temper, his misogyny?
Charlie Rose | Posted 05.25.2011
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011
There are worse things than being serious. Being robbed of a country that that we can be proud of is one. We are voting for Obama to restore hope and national pride, without which laughter makes no sense.
Tony Hendra | Posted 05.25.2011
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
On Tuesday's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart took on the media and Barack Obama for overreacting to, and thus validating, the New Yorker cover controversy. ...
Irshad Manji | Posted 05.25.2011
In shocking people with so many fierce images at once, the New Yorker has handed Barack Obama an opportunity to score three timely campaign victories.
Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
[UPDATED, below.] Andrew Sullivan pulls this editorial cartoon from David Horsey, and asks, "How would the Republican base react to this?" Of cour...
Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011
The media never looked at the cover as racist on its face, exploiting a stereotype that is only denounced when it is wrapped around a popular presidential candidate and a minority.
HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama will appear on Larry King tonight. Here are some excerpts. On the New Yorker cover: LARRY KING, HOST: I've heard a lot of others comment on i...
Sam Greenfield | Posted 05.25.2011
I understand the satiric tone of the cartoon, and I would think that in a world blessed with a sense of humor, it would be a non-issue. Sadly, we do not have the same sense of humor we used to.
Lucy Carrigan | Posted 05.25.2011
We are all terrified, plain and simple, that somehow the right-wing smear campaign will succeed in defeating our candidate. We are the ones who have become... not stupid, but scared-stupid and irrational.
Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011
The Romanian Senate recently voted to require 50 percent of all material reported by Romanian media outlets to be "positive news." Absurd! Ridiculous! Maybe we should do the same thing here.
Posted 05.25.2011