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Posted on Oct 20, 2011
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Let it be known that this award-winning cartoon by Mr. Fish was not created gratis for the Obama campaign.

Nice try there, Mr. President. Although he’s gotten some lift before from the resuscitated publishing relic that is Rolling Stone magazine, Jann Wenner’s music rag didn’t give POTUS a pass for a cute idea his promotions team recently cooked up that offered designers the exciting chance to create a poster for Obama’s campaign for absolutely no pay. There you go, artists—the utter lack of change you’ve been waiting for.  —KA

Rolling Stone via Adweek:

The Obama campaign has more than $60 million cash on hand. In an economy this bad, you’d think a presidential campaign that flush would be happy to pay good money for a talented designer to create a campaign poster.

But the folks at Obama campaign have taken a page from the Arianna Huffington book of economic exploitation and called on “artists across the country” to create a poster ... for free.

And here’s the kicker. It’s a jobs poster.

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By Mad Hemingway, October 21, 2011 at 6:50 am Link to this comment
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I agree with Rebecca; props to RS. 
Two print mags I keep going back to
specifically for their stories are
Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. 

Oh, and the poster, consider it
done.  Here it is:
http://www.trentonsun.net/opinion
s_pics/2010mar10-3.jpg

Enjoy!

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By Rebecca Gavin, October 20, 2011 at 11:40 am Link to this comment
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I just want to stand up here for Rolling Stone.  I think their music coverage sucks because it is too mainstream.  But, they have published good writing and journalism all along.  They have Matt Taibi, who clearly spells out the crimes of Goldman Sachs and the other robber barons, in a way that is accessible to us mere mortals.  And that Michael Hastings interview with whats-his-face General Mcrystal (spelling?)that revealed much about the military and caused Mcrystal to resign.  The have published articles and pictures of civilians murdered in Afghanistan by US soldiers for fun.  You read stuff there that is not widely offered elsewhere.  Give them their props.

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