So here's the takeaway from this New Yorker/Obama scandal: The magazine meant the cover as satire; no media outlet that expresses an opinion can take every viewpoint into consideration; not everybody is going to get it, and that was sort of the point; and yes, the right-wing is going to have a field day with this.

Also: The actual 14,500-word article "Making It" that the cover was illustrating, written by the magazine's Ryan Lizza, is getting zero attention.

Even when Lizza dropped by Hardball.

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