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New Yorker Cover Obamas

Black. Female. Accomplished. No Longer Attacked.

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

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Sophia A. Nelson

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.

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Satire by the Book

Tom Tomorrow | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media

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Tom Tomorrow

2008-07-16-tomorrow.jpgThe Internet is full of declarative statements about satire these days, the most common of which being that "satire does not work unless it portrays its intended target."

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Jason Linkins

A New Yorker Cover For National Review

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media

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[UPDATED, below.] Andrew Sullivan pulls this editorial cartoon from David Horsey, and asks, "How would the Republican base react to this?" Of cour...

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An Insider's Response To The New Yorker's Obama Cover

236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media

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In light of the controversy surrounding this week's New Yorker cover, we wanted get some insight from an insider at the notoriously tight-lipped publi...

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The New Yorker Got it Right

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The great danger is that the lies and maliciousness the Obama slander sites busily fan could or has had some resonance with some voters, especially the much fought-over independents.

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The Mohammad Cartoons Then and Now: Defending Satire

Joel Whitney | Posted 10.09.2008 | Media

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Joel Whitney

Even if we were offended by the New Yorker cover, we all must speak up for the right to offend. Discussions of "taste" or "respect" are insidious code words for censorship.

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The New Yorker Cover -- Opportunity Knocks for Obama

Justin Frank | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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Justin Frank

The New Yorker gives Obama an opportunity to right himself and get back to being who he is. He needs to address people's fears -- not just to rebut them or dismiss them.

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Obama Reacts To New Yorker Cover (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

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Barack Obama was asked if he had a response to the very controversial New Yorker cover that combines every rumor and smear about him and his wife Mich...

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Jason Linkins

United States Now Filled With Terrorists, Apparently

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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Because everyone in America forgot about 9/11, and failed to buy a sufficient amount of non-circulating Liberian legal tender currency commemorative t...

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Jason Linkins

New Yorker Cover Falls Short Of Satire

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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The larger problem with the the New Yorker cover is that what Barry Blitt has created may be "satire" in the artist's mind, but it is not satire as executed.

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New Yorker, What Were You Thinking?

Trey Ellis | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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Trey Ellis

I get the joke. But dressing up perhaps the next president of the United States as the new millennium equivalent of Hitler is just gross and dumb. Anything would have been better.

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Reading The Pictures: The "What" Of What's Wrong With Barack Osama TNY Cover

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-07-14-newyorkerobama.jpgI'm sure you've already seen analysis as to why it's so bad. Here is the actual "what" of what's wrong.

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David Remnick On That New Yorker Cover: It's Satire, Meant To Target "Distortions And Misconceptions And Prejudices" About Obama

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media

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This week's New Yorker cover shows Barack and Michelle Obama as Muslim terrorists burning a flag in the Oval Office. Why would they publish such a thing? We asked New Yorker editor David Remnick. Here's what he said.

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New Yorker Cover Shows Muslim, Flag-Burning, Osama-Loving, Fist-Bumping Obama

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media

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Who knows if they'll get this in Dubuque, but they sure aren't going to like it in Chicago: This week's New Yorker cover features an image of Michell...

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New Yorker Cover Shows "Muslim" Barack With Gun-Slinging Michelle Obama

Politico.com | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media

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The New Yorker says it's satire. It certainly will be candy for cable news. At a press availability Sunday afternoon in San Diego, Senator Obama was ...

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Yikes! Controversial New Yorker Cover Shows Muslim, Flag-Burning, Osama-Loving, Fist-Bumping Obama

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media

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Presumably the readership is sophisticated enough to get the joke, but this going to upset a lot of people -- probably for the same reason it's going to delight a lot of others on the right.

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