New York governor, NAACP condemn magazine cover

New York Gov. David Paterson and the NAACP have condemned the New Yorker magazine's satirical cover depicting Democrat Barack Obama and his wife as flag-burning radicals.

Speaking Thursday at the civil rights group's national convention in Cincinnati, Paterson said the magazine cover was one of the most malignant and vicious he's ever seen.

The NAACP also released a resolution condemning the cover as "tasteless, Islam-a-phobic, mean spirited and racially offensive."

The resolution says the cover plays on racial stereotypes and is highly inflammatory.

The magazine hit newsstands Monday. New Yorker Editor David Remnick told the Huffington Post Web site the cover was chosen because it had something to say.

A message seeking comment was left Thursday at the New Yorker.

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