Clicking on the title takes you to this article where Obama discusses his take on the controversial New Yorker cover that portrays him and his wife as fist-bumping, gun toting, flag burning, Osama bin Laden loving, African-American terrorists.
Now, having seen the cover, I could understand if Obama’s reaction was strong. He’s been somewhat overt in his appeal to the media to lay off his family. And this article certainly caricatures Michelle Obama pretty heavily. But Obama’s reaction was understanding of that point: It’s a caricaturization, a product and beneficiary of the First Amendment. He also calls out that he believes Americans have bigger problems to worry about at this time.
Despite these constitutionally astute observations – which, in themselves warrant press coverage – CNN chose to portray Obama’s reaction as far more outrageous than it really was. Maybe the answer here is the capitalistic neutralization of the media. Let them worry more about portraying the issues than increasing page views and ad sales.