As a Brit I must admit that I did not see the humour in this cover.

Unfortunately this will be seen on newstands by people who won't buy or read it but who may see it as confirmation of their own take on Obama.

Quite often the New Yorker is one of the magazines that I see laying around in medical waiting rooms. Again, it is less likely that this would be picked up and read, but the cover will be seen and that image carried away by any number of people who would not be considered as part of the demographic for whom the magazine was intended.

In my opinion this was highly irresponsible.