Let the quarterbacking begin! Over at Eat the Press David Remnick tells Rachel Sklar that he ran the already controversial 'Politics of Fear' cover because he felt that it held "up a mirror to the prejudice and dark imaginings about Barack Obama," furthermore, Remnick says it's "not a satire about Obama — it's a satire about the distortions and misconceptions and prejudices about Obama." Plenty of people are disagreeing, including a number of commenters over at HuffPo who say they are canceling their New Yorker subscription. What say you?

So the other day when we first heard Jesse Jackson's comments our initial reaction was one of shock, and some outrage, though considering the source was Fox less than it otherwise might have been. We thought: that's it, change is good, etc., but let's not kid ourselves racism in America hasn't gone anywhere. The gloves are about to come off!

Or maybe not, because in the subsequent days (this has to be one of the funniest things we've watched lately), the entire thing has become, dare we say it, funny. Much like Fox's "terrorist fist-jab" and "Obama baby mama" remarks there are mornings when we have to do a double-check to make sure we're not reading Onion. Anyway, we're wondering if we're alone on this — what say you FBNY readers what kind of "nuts" was it? Poll after the jump.

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89% of FishbowlNY voters said that the LeBron-Gisele Vogue cover was not racist. Today's poll:

54% of FishbowlNY voters believe that Rupert Murdoch will ultimately get Long Island's Newsday. Today's poll:

84% of FishbowlNY voters said that Howard Stern will renew his contract at Sirius when its up. Today's poll:

62% of FishbowlNY voters said that the Fox Business Network ads featuring Jim Cramer will be good for the network. Today's poll:

82% of FishbowlNY voters believe that the National Magazine Awards are a popularity contest. TVNewser reported that FBN is running ads featuring Jim Cramer's comments on Bear Stearns last week. Today's poll:

61% of FishbowlNY voters said that they will not miss PageSix.com. Jon Friedman writes in MarketWatch that ''two words neatly sum up the selection of the nominees and winners: popularity contest. Today's (unscientific) poll:

59% of FishbowlNY voters said they've had enough with the sex lives of New York governors Already! Couldn't agree more. Today's poll: