The New Yorker joins the sleaze parade

Well, I wouldn't have thought it possible, but the New Yorker magazine has chosen to publish this as its most recent cover. I'm sure they meant it to be "ironical" and all, but the truth is that this simply reinforces lies and innuendo about Barack Obama.

The New Yorker can fuck off. I am a part of the liberal elitist uber-cultured in their core demographic, and I'm fed up and offended. Below is the text of the letter to the editor of the New Yorker that I submitted this morning:

Frankly, I'm appalled that a magazine which I had, until now, considered respectable and a fine source of objective and interesting journalism would stoop so low as to publish a cover like this. When I first saw the cover image, I was sure it was a joke until I came to the Web site and was shocked to find it wasn't.

By publishing an image like this, you are actively perpetuating the lies about Barack Obama in an insidious way. Regardless of the "point" of your choices or who your editors plan to vote for, the New Yorker should be utterly ashamed. While I expect that sort of unethical journalism from Fox News, it was absolutely appalling to discover the New Yorker participating - however slyly - in attempting to demean a candidate through lies and innuendo.

Though it has been several years since I subscribed to your magazine, rest assured it will now likely be many more before I would consider it.

You simply should be ashamed. Very very ashamed.