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This is an interesting collection of the buzz on the Obama magazine cover. Make sure you follow all of the links within the story.
According to insiders within Conde Nast, sales execs have been inundated with responses to the New Yorker cover, to the point where one said, "I feel like I should be wearing a bulletproof vest" One ad sales executive said this week's issue was discussed at every meeting with advertisers he attended on Monday, "and not in a good way"
WaPo: Unfortunately, as debate about the image grew, The New Yorker missed a golden opportunity to question the rather odd American relationship to satire. Why must it be broadly effective rather than just funny? Why must humor, like grief, somehow be good for us on a deeper level? Instead, the magazine fell into the deadly trap of overanalyzing the funny in public, writes Phillip Kennicott.
Slate : Although every critic of New Yorker understood the simple satire of the cover, the most fretful of them worried that the illustration would be misread by the ignorant masses who don't subscribe to the magazine, writes Jack Shafer.
E&P : Cartoonists not fond of Obama art.
Salon : The blogosphere's reaction to the New Yorker cover proves that the Bush era has killed a lot of liberals' sense of humor, writes Gary Kamiya.
NYDN : Some called for New Yorker editor David Remnick to step down, while others praised him for calling attention to the smear tactics.
FBNY : Barry Blitt: A Modest Retrospective.
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