(Illustration credit: STEPHFF/The Nation)
I read this today. A good response to The New Yorker July 21st cover including links to many other journalists and cartoonists and what they thought of the New Yorker July 21st cover.
~LT
'Obama Shrugs Off Cartoon'
July 16, 2008
The Maynard Institute
Richard Prince article
Sen. Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the New Yorker magazine cover depicting him and his wife as a Muslim and a terrorist, respectively, insulted Muslim Americans. And as the debate continued over what constitutes effective satire and what is merely offensive, the Nation magazine fired back at the New Yorker with a cartoon disparaging its controversial cover.
Referring to e-mailed rumors about his religion, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Tuesday:
"One last point I want to -- I do want to make about these e-mails, though. And I think this has an impact on this New Yorker cover.
"You know, this is actually an insult against Muslim Americans, something that we don't spend a lot of time talking about. And sometimes I've been derelict in pointing that out.
"You know, there are wonderful Muslim Americans all across the country who are doing wonderful things. And for this to be used as sort of an insult, or to raise suspicions about me, I think is unfortunate. And it's not what America's all about."
Full article link: mije.org
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