Hitting newsstands on July 21st, The New Yorker Magazine cover displays caricatures of Sen. Barack and Michelle Obama. Displaying Sen. Obama as a Muslim and Michelle Obama carrying a gun and fist-pounding Barack- the cover is generating much publicity.
"The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Senator Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree" said Obama spokesman Bill Burton in a statement.
Sen. John McCain also issued a statement regarding the cover of the magazine. Campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds, expressed in an email statement, "We completely agree with the Obama campaign, it’s tasteless and offensive.”
Is the new cover simply a satirical commentary on the attempts by the right to portray Sen. Barack Obama as a Muslim and unpatriotic liberal? Or, is the cover a tasteless attempt to further scare voters before November's general election?
Let us know what you think?
0 Comments:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
