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A tip of the hat -- make that a terrorist fist bump -- to Jon Stewart, for summing up in three sentences what I wanted to say all last week, from almost the moment I read the virtual gasps of indignation on Twitter, until I finally saw the actual cover of the New Yorker magazine that had made such a stink. Once you actually see it -- I hope -- you get it: yes, it's tasteless.  Yes, it makes you uncomfortable.IT'S SATIRE, PEOPLE. As Jon Stewart says in the video:" Senator Obama should put out the statement that he is in no way offended or upset by this cartoon portraying him as a Muslim extremist, of which he is not one. Because you know who gets upset about cartoons? Muslim extremists."Check it out, because that gem alone might be worth the other four minutes. But wait. There's more.I don't want to fawn (I feel like one of those Life of Brian follower-zealots, below), but on my own personal squirm-o-meter, Stewart's rant on the media zinged right between the... well, between wherever would make you most uncomfortable, put it that way.He points out that the media's righteous indignation on behalf of the Obamas (anytime we have Anderson Cooper and Bill O'Reilly agreeing, we should at least raise an eyebrow) is a little too saintly, noting that "raising questions about Obama's character without saying whether they are actually true is SO THEIR JOB." The montage that follows just makes me wince. There's no saving the media on this one.I hate bandwagons, and I am a bit of a media apologist.But in this case, the media should just apologize, hit their collective foreheads, go "Doh! What were we thinking? We look like IDIOTS! Stinky or poopy is right!"And then just start over, without the breathless stupidity.more about "Jon Stewart covers the New Yorker's C...", posted with vodpod

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