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We asked what you thought of Vanity Fair Magazine's cartoon showing the McCains in a spoof of the New Yorker's cartoon depicting the Obamas. Here are your responses: I think more people agree with the New Yorker spoof than the media lets on. As for Vanity Fair, McCain is older, yes, but what is with the drugs? And if it is truly about reality, where is the mention of the Hanoi Hilton and their sons that are fighting the war right now? Not flashy enough I guess. --Lisa I am educated to the point that I understand satire when I see it. I( haven't seen the satire...at all. My take is that there is a person or persons in each of the editorial meetings who wants to sell rags (magazines), no matter who they offend. It's all about the money. Why must there be personal attacks on these people? It appears we have childen in the... [read full story]
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We here at Vanity Fair maintain a kind of affectionate rivalry with our downstairs neighbors at The New Yorker. We play softball every year, compete for some of the same stories, and share an elevator bank. (You can tell the...
It’s over … It IS officially over. The MSM has gone from paid hooker to free, venereal diseased-plagued, toothless, smelly crack whore … Fucking pathetic. It was bad enough when The New Yorker tried to deflect responsibility...
Funny stuff from Vanity Fair in mock support of their fellow Condé Nast publication The New Yorker, following the controversy over their Obama cover.Vanity Fair Covers The New Yorker by Vanity Fair July 22, 2008, 12:10 PM We...
Vanity Fair debuted a faux cover today mocking the New Yorker illustration of the Obamas that recently caused such a stir. The VF version spoofs John and Cindy McCain. The candidate leans on a walker, while his wife clutches...
by Katie Fretland When the New Yorker came out with a cartoon on its cover of the Obamas as fist-bumping militants (complete with a burning flag), the blogosphere wondered if the magazine or someone else would come up with a...
by Katie Fretland When the New Yorker came out with a cartoon on its cover of the Obamas as fist-bumping militants (complete with a burning flag), the blogosphere wondered if the magazine or someone else would come up with a...
Vanity Fair is out with their own takeoff of the New Yorker cover (CNN) – John McCain’s campaign complained Tuesday morning that the press wasn’t treating the presumptive Republican nominee like they had covered Democrat Barack...
by Katie Fretland When the New Yorker came out with a cartoon on its cover of the Obamas as fist-bumping militants (complete with a burning flag), the blogosphere wondered if the magazine or someone else would come up with a...
by Katie Fretland When the New Yorker came out with a cartoon on its cover of the Obamas as fist-bumping militants (complete with a burning flag), the blogosphere wondered if the magazine or someone else would come up with a...
So then this happened. Vanity Fair, a late yet uninvited guest to the New Yorker cover fiasco, went and drew up this parody of a misunderstood parody. As you can see, it's like taking the square root of comic failure. Not only...

