Tag Archive 'The New Yorker'

Another Ageist Stereotype From the Mainstream Media

Terry Trippany on Jul 23 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Feature Article, Liberalism Watch, Media Watch

No Outrage As The Elderly Are Treated as Second Class Citizens By The Mainstream Media
Hot on the heels of a Seattle Post-Intelligencer response to the New Yorker cartoon depicting John McCain using an ageist stereotype is Vanity Fair. Like the Seattle P-I cartoon the Vanity Fair version features John McCain in typical liberal mockery of [...]

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Leonard Pitts Among Intellectual Elites That Say Satire is Tricky

MKFreeberg at House of Eratosthenes on Jul 18 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Feature Article, Media Watch

His point is that when you say outlandish things with a straight face, which is the essence of satire, there’s always the danger that someone will think you aren’t kidding.
So I feel The New Yorker’s pain. The magazine is under fire for a cover illustration depicting Barack Obama in the Oval Office wearing a turban, [...]

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