The Cover That Won’t Die
The Huffington Post is suggesting a potential remedy for wounds inflicted by the New Yorker’s recent Obama cover. In response to the racially-charged cartoon of a Muslim Barack Obama and a gun-toting Michelle Obama, Harvey Wasserman suggests the New Yorker follow up with a “McBush” depiction.
To parry, cartoonist Barry Blitz defends his portrayal as an important antidote to Obama rumors. “I think the idea that the Obamas are branded as unpatriotic, let alone as terrorists, in certain sectors, is preposterous. It seemed to me that depicting the concept would show it as the fear-mongering ridiculousness that it is,” says Blitz. Wasserman’s response to that, correctly, is well, okay, but equal attention should be devoted to both candidates’ ridiculousness.
When interviewed at Big Think, New Yorker editor David Remnick said his magazine would, in fact, endorse a candidate for the 2008 election. Interesting. I wonder who it will be.
