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Tonight on GRITtv: The New Yorker's Obama Cover Controversy

Posted by ZP Heller, Brave New Films at 2:00 PM on July 14, 2008.


Laura Flanders, Hendrik Hertzberg, and Danny Schechter discuss the magazine's inflammatory cover.
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Laura Flanders talks with Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker about the magazine's inflammatory Barack Obama cover, including a response from Danny Schechter of mediachannel.org.

Watch the full interview tonight on GRITtv.org

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ZP Heller is the editorial director of Brave New Films. He has written for The American Prospect, AlterNet, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Huffington Post, covering everything from politics to pop culture.


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JEWS defending and manipulating the truth
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Posted by: govfoe on Jul 14, 2008 2:39 PM   
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LOOK - if this cover were Joe Lieberman looking like Abe Lincoln in a top hat and curls - banging his head against a wall in Jerusalem....

tell me readers... would it have been published?

of course not... and if it were the New Yorker would be shut down for lack of advertisers after the Jews got through with them.

NOW - anybody gonna tell me the Jews on this panel are being HONEST?

not a chance in GAZA -- I'm disgusted with the level of political discussion in this country.

Jews are controlling the message and even the spin on their own treachery.

disgusting..

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The cover will be remembered, not the breezy explanation by a self-serving editor
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Posted by: Lector on Jul 14, 2008 11:48 PM   
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The New Yorker is owned by Conde Nast, part of the conservative oligarchy that owns and runs the American press. The New Yorker may not be written for the working class but the image will be passed on to them – and images are powerful. They will remember the image and forget the explanation. The irony that the cartoon was supposed to depict will be lost on an electorate that voted for Bush twice. This cover will probably appear on dozens of the right wing websites 'proving' that their concerns about Obama are well founded. I wouldn’t be surprised if the New Yorker has just sealed the election for John McCain.

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Offensive - gross and most unnecessary
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Posted by: seagypsy on Jul 15, 2008 6:44 AM   
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I absoltuely agree - This did more to hurt Obama than anything else possibly could. The New Yorker has committed a gross offense - they are right wing, elitist and offensive. I will never read another issue just on principle. They have crossed the line - AMerica is on its downward fall - just like the Roman Empire.

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» Lighten up, people... Posted by: buffeliscious
It legitimizes the whackjob lies
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Posted by: JoshuaLudd on Jul 15, 2008 7:19 AM   
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You don't see the lies spread among the fringe whackos being illustrated on their cover about anyone else.

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Anyone who thinks...
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Posted by: buffeliscious on Jul 18, 2008 3:32 PM   
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this cartoon is some indication of the New Yorker's "conservative" political views doesn't read the New Yorker. Racism and Obama-bashing are not their usual trade. Politically, the New Yorker is a friend to the cause of "hope and change" in our current political climate.

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Here here!
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Posted by: buffeliscious on Jul 18, 2008 3:45 PM   
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Let it be!

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