City Desk » The New Yorker http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:53:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/07/16/6001/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/07/16/6001/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:04:46 +0000 Amanda Hess http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=6001 Jon Stewart Wins: The Daily Show's response to the New Yorker cover flap hits the nail on the head. Stewart's advice to the Obama camp:

You know what your response should've been? It's very easy here, let me put the statement out for you: "Barack Obama is in no way upset about the cartoon that depicts him as a Muslim extremist. Because you know who gets upset about cartoons? Muslim extremists! Of which Barack Obama is not. It's just a fucking cartoon!"

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