On your right, the image the Chicago Reader planned on running had John McCain won, to your left, the actual Barack Obama cover they published. The paper is reporting that many readers weren’t happy with the ‘Don’t Screw This Up’ banner accompanying the illustration of the nation’s first Halfro American president, and many were calling in to complain, charging racism:
“The callers told me we’re assuming he’ll screw up because he’s black. To the contrary, we have extremely high hopes for him.”
They then ramble on about the role of the media and blah blah blah:
Editor-in-Chief:
