The New Yorker's Editor Tries To Explain Racist Cover

[elizabethfaraone]

It's a funny cover and it is not racist ... it is poking fun at those who think Barack is Muslim and that he is as revolutionary as the Black Panthers ...

[Ducky1987]

My god Blitzer is stupid

[jimbopumbapigsticks]

When the Bearded Idiot said "People who aren't sophisticated New Yorker readers aren't going to understand this", my first thought was: Prepare To Get Owned, You Condescending Bastard.

[iota2020]

every magazine needs a controversy to keep afloat

[MDIGENNARO]

I think the intent was good but the satire simply was not executed well.

I still hope the point of exposing all the lies and baseless comments directed toward Obama and his wife is understood across the nation.

[Wizard364]

OK so here's a Jew interviewing another Jew about why he demonized McCain's black and perceived muslim opponent. It's because he's a Jew and he wants McCain in The White House to continue and expand the American occupation of the Middle East. THE MEDIA IS CONTROLLED BY A BUNCH OF ZIONIST JEWS YOU STUPID FUCKING IDIOTS.

[ReadNewsGroup]

Democrats...race is the only thing you ever see, or is it just the first thing you see. Everyone, according to Dems belong in some group.

[Wizard364]

ReadNewsGroup I'm not a Democrat you stupid fuck. I'm a Ron Paul supporter and I'll write his name in since Obama and McCain are both unacceptable. I never comment on race except in the case of the Jews who do in FACT control the American media and are in FACT propagandizing Americans to fight wars for Israel. And as a matter of FACT the idea of a "Democratic" and "Republican" party is now a complete fiction. There is ONE Neoconservative Party in D.C. and this "election" is a sham.

[here2do]

you seem to be preoccupied with Jews, are you a Nazi or skinhead or something?

[Schwarznasen]

BO and MO don't like being caricaturized in the big bad press? Tough shit. Research all the cartoons published in the last 8 years on Bush and Cheney. Boo-hoo. Poor Obama

[mmm413]

Satire is totally lost on McCain-Bush supporters. They just don't understand it and don't really want to.

[lbpeacemaker]

America, Your being brainwashed. Boycott CNN,FOX ,MSNBC and etc. the enemy is AIPAC & Israel .

[bgbreakdown]

The lies about Obama are so crazy and lame and pervasive. Hard to say: this satire could actually be helpful, who knows. The Repugs are going to vote for McCain anyway, no matter what happens or what anyone says. They've got that big "R" branded on their butts.

[mmm413]

I doubt that those who think Obama is a Muslim actually read the New Yorker. But I do think the cover was in poor taste.

[willebol]

Yea, what excuses do you need to feel alright