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One MORE Last Comment on "The Cover"

Jerry Weissman | Posted 08.01.2008 | Media

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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.

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"Banned From Plane?" You Complain, We Explain

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media

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Yesterday I posted an item called "Obama's Revenge: New Yorker Reporter Banned From Press Plane For Overseas Trip." It was based on this excerpt from ...

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Obama's Revenge: New Yorker Reporter Excluded From Press Plane For Overseas Trip

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.28.2008 | Media

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Whatever one thinks of the New Yorker cover, a robust press can't operate under threat of reprisal for unwelcome items.

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Rachel Weiner

Obama's Larry King Interview: Responds To New Yorker's "Attempt At Satire"

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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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...

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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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The Freedom to Offend

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

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While there may be some who find a political cartoon disturbing, the ramifications of self-censorship, as well as societal pressure to redact that which offends, must be resisted.

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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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