A More Apt Comparison

Wed16Jul2008

12:25 H | Topics: Controversia - Magazines - Race - US Presidential Race 2008

In a follow up to the New Yorker's "ironic" cartoon, the Washington Post published the following:

As I asked in comments here, the interesting thing to consider is what could the New Yorker artist have done differently in his comic such that he truly represented irony? What's different between the WaPo comic, which seems to represent it's message very clearly, and the New Yorker comic, where the audience must be told how to interpret it?

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1. Julia ~ Saturday, Jul 19 2008 | 11:29H:

Bingo. FRAMING. And love the snide dig at the New Yorker's elitist "our readers know better" attitude (eg, we're above NEEDING to care if we offend & do harm, coz we're SMART=entitled).

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