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Obama On Cover Flap: "It's a Cartoon" [Foofaraw]
Published 7/16/2008 by Pareene at Gawker
Here's Obama responding reasonably to that New Yorker cover! He thinks it is unsuccessful as satire (whatevs!) but also says it's just a cartoon. And though he sort of calls the cover an "insult to Muslim-Americans" he really seems to be apologizing for his campaign's "omg Muslims are scary, good thing our guy's a stand-up Christian" routine. Look, we're sick to death of his campaign and his supporters (especially this week!) but the guy's off-the-cuff reasonableness still impresses us. Is that a sign that our standards have fallen? Compare Obama's cartoon routine to Jon Stewart's on last ...

The Daily Show Tackles Cover Controversy
Published 7/16/2008 at mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA
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Obama New Yorker Inspires Stewart
Published 7/16/2008 by Variety.com * at Thompson On Hollywood
After our Monday editorial meeting I bet some of my colleagues that the Obama New Yorker cover controversy would not just blow over in a few days. And it hasn't. Here's Jon Stewart on the issue. "It's just a fucking cartoon!" he says, memorably. The point is not whether people who read the New Yorker get the joke. It's about the ...