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Obama campaign says New Yorker cartoon goes too far
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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The cover for the latest issue of New Yorker magazine, which hit newsstands yesterday, shows a turban-clad, robed Obama fist-bumping with an Afro-wearing, machine-gun toting Michelle Obama in the middle of the Oval Office. (article 2)
Above the burning hearth - fueled by an American flag - is a partial portrait of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. (article 2)
The cartoon is not explained in the July 21 issue, but the magazine said yesterday that the artist , Barry Blitt, is satirizing " the use of scare tactics and misinformation in the presidential election to derail Barack Obama's campaign. (article 2)
Also offended by all the tastelessness was Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard C. Parks who went on CNN on Monday to call for a boycott of this week's issue of the magazine. (article 4)
Comedy has been no easier for the phalanx of late-night television hosts who depend on skewering political leaders for a healthy quotient of their nightly monologues. (article 7)
Within a late-night landscape dominated by white hosts, white writers, and overwhelmingly white audiences, there has been almost none about his race. (article 7)
The even larger problem, Nichols says, is that " Barack Obama has yet to fully or functionally introduce himself to the American people. (article 6)
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Source articles
- 'Tasteless' cover, fascinating story :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Lynn Sweet (suntimes.com, 07/15/2008, 615 words)
- Caricature brings attention, irritation (boston.com, 07/15/2008, 464 words)
- When Art Gives Offense (Washington Post, 07/14/2008, 369 words)
- Los Angeles Times (L.A. Times, 07/15/2008, 433 words)
- The Boston Globe (boston.com, 07/16/2008, 694 words)
- When Art Gives Offense (Washington Post, 07/14/2008, 515 words)
- Want Obama in a Punch Line? First, Find a Joke (nytimes.com, 07/15/2008, 1411 words)
- Op-Ed Columnist (nytimes.com, 07/16/2008, 782 words)
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