Chicago Alterna-Weekly Doesn't Have Enough Obama Bias
"He's perfect in every way"
 

People are freaking out that the Chicago Reader cover featuring Barack Obama was heralded with the words, "Don't Screw This Up." Because it's racist? Because only black people can screw things up, you see. Not like that last guy in office…wait, this argument makes no sense! Says editor Allison True:

But no matter how jubilant some of us may feel about his election, the media's role isn't to cheerlead for elected officials. We serve our readers: we're observers and reporters and commentators. We were addressing Obama as the person — not the black person — whom we've handed an important new job and letting him know that even though we put him there, we'll be watching. Would you expect anything else?

Don't worry guys! The Reader had a cover for John McCain ready too, just in case!

Imagine if they had used McCain's headline with the Obama picture. Now that would be a worthy controversy.

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