Obama New Yorker Cover

Barack Obama's campaign harshly criticized a satiric illustration on the cover of a July 2008 issue of The New Yorker magazine, calling it "tasteless and offensive."The Associated Press: Magazine's 'Satirical' Cover Stirs Controversy (July 14, 2008) The cover features Obama, dressed in Muslim attire, giving his wife, Michelle Obama, a "fist bump" in the Oval Office. Mrs. Obama appears to be dressed as a terrorist.The New Yorker: Table of Contents: July 21, 2008

"The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Senator Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree."The Associated Press: Magazine's 'Satirical' Cover Stirs Controversy (July 14, 2008)—Bill Burton, Obama campaign spokesman

"Our cover...combines a number of fantastical images about the Obamas and shows them for the obvious distortions they are."New York Daily News: New Yorker Mag's 'Satire' Cover Draws Team... (July 13, 2008)—David Remnick, The New Yorker editor