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Thread #112735   Message #2389872
Posted By: GUEST,Jack the Sailor
15-Jul-08 - 02:20 PM
Thread Name: BS: Tasteless and Offensive New Yorker?
Subject: RE: BS: Tasteless and Offensive New Yorker?
Bruce wasn't that "LA Times Piece" a blog item by Andrew Malcolm a former Republican speechwriter?

SRS, and Donuel, I grow weary of your lecturing here on the subject of satire.

Donuel, your own cartoons which you talk about exaggerate things that you believe to be true to point them out. In my experience pretty much every political cartoon does that. The message of a cartoon you described what "the right tries to brand Obama 'elitist'". By that same token the message of the New Yorker cover is "Obama and his wife are dangerous, exotic and not as patriotic as the rest of us". Please keep in mind that the things depicted in the pictures are not really exaggerations of what Hannity and others are saying. What Hannity and others are saying are cartoon like exaggerations to create a mental picture like the one on the cover. The New Yorker cover does nothing but make their job easier. Why are we seeing this cover from the New Yorker? Because it creates "buzz." It will sell some magazines and increase their brand awareness.