Obama New Yorker

One MORE Last Comment on "The Cover"

Jerry Weissman | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media


Jerry Weissman

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.

"Banned From Plane?" You Complain, We Explain

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media


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 ...

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

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media


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

Rachel Weiner

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


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...

Jason Linkins

A New Yorker Cover For National Review

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media


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

The Freedom to Offend

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media


Jayne Lyn Stahl

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.

Jason Linkins

United States Now Filled With Terrorists, Apparently

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics


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

A Detailed Analysis of the New Yorker Fallout in Cartoon Form

Lee Camp | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics


Lee Camp