The cover of the latest magazine The New Yorker lifted a controversy in the United States.
A cartoon of Barack Obama with Muslim clothing and his wife Michelle carrying an AK-47; in a room of the White House, with a portrait of Osama Bin Laden hanging on top of the fireplace where an American flag is burning, was considered by many people as tasteless and offensive.
The Magazine explained that the artist Barry Blitt was trying to satirize the use of fear tactics and disinformation to take Obama's campaign off the track.
The complaints regarding the cartoon were stated by Obama's supporters and by the opposition.
