EDITORIAL: Barack Obama And The New Yorker Cover: Get Over It!

Much has been made today about the cover of The New Yorker magazine. Here's an example:
Yikes! Controversial New Yorker Cover Shows Muslim, Flag-Burning, Osama-Loving, Fist-Bumping Obama (Huffington Post)

The cover depicts Barack Obama wearing a turban, while he offers a fist bump (I hate that by the way) to his gun-toting wife. An American flag burns in the fireplace. It is political satire -- plain and simple. It's so interesting how in this modern culture that Obama has defied the traditional ranks of racism to almost certianly win the Democratic nomination (at the convention next month in Denver)... but our culture is so lacking of the understanding of satire. The New Yorker is known in parts for its satire. We in the media should get over it. Report the story. Report the outrage. Report the Obama response. Move on. But oh no, for some reason we can't. It's too bad. Voters, viewers and visitors get it. They formed an opinion when first hearing the story. There is nothing more to say or do. Report... and let our consumers decide. Don't hammer away until the topic is so beaten and battered that the media chalks up another loss in the minds of consumers.
COVERAGE AND IMAGES
MSNBC, CNN, FOXNews, Huffington Post

COMMENTS:
FROM MALLOY: The only reason that this Mr. & Mrs. Obama satire DOES have impact — and may very likely spread — is because like all good satire, or good humor for that matter, there’s more than a germ of truth in it. Otherwise, the satire would utterly roll off the Obamoids’ backs, having no impact.
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