New Yorker under fire for Obama cover

WASHINGTON: Barack Obama's campaign says a satirical New Yorker magazine cover showing the Democratic presidential candidate dressed as a Muslim and his wife as a terrorist is "tasteless and offensive". The illustration on the issue that hit newsstands yesterday, titled "The Politics of Fear", depicts Obama wearing traditional Muslim dress and his wife, Michelle - dressed in camouflage, combat boots and an assault rifle strapped over her shoulder - standing in the Oval Office. "The New Yorker may think ... that their cover is a lampoon of the caricature Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create," said Obama campaign. "But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree."