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Want Obama in a Punch Line? First, Find a Joke

nytimes.com — Satirizing Barack Obama has not been easy for The New Yorker magazine or the phalanx of late-night TV hosts.

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  • zelduh, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1First, the cartoon did not belong on the cover of the magazine; it belonged in the back pages, where the caption showed clearly.
    Second, it was not "satire" because satire requires a grain of truth, which is then blown out of proportion. Since there is no truth in it, the cover is just a crass, insulting, ignorant, obnoxious cover - and the publisher SHOULD NOT get away with using the slim excuse that it is satire.

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