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Magazine Cover Portrayal of President Obama—2014
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Obama's Difficult Year, Take Two
2014 was another difficult year for President Obama. The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza awarded Obama "the worst year in Washington" in a Dec. 12 column, citing "losses at home and crises abroad" and declaring that it was "inarguably" the worst year of his presidency. The theme was repeated in a Dec. 30 article in National Journal by James Oliphant headlined "Barack Obama Had a Really Terrible Year." Examples of covers reflecting the difficult year include: "Self-Inflicted Wounds" CQ Weekly (8/4), "Can Obama Save Himself" Foreign Policy (Sept.) and "Lost" The National Interest (Nov.). A total of 42 domestic magazine covers were found, comprising 24 illustration, 14 photo or photos and 4 photo illustration.
2014 was another difficult year for President Obama. The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza awarded Obama "the worst year in Washington" in a Dec. 12 column, citing "losses at home and crises abroad" and declaring that it was "inarguably" the worst year of his presidency. The theme was repeated in a Dec. 30 article in National Journal by James Oliphant headlined "Barack Obama Had a Really Terrible Year." Examples of covers reflecting the difficult year include: "Self-Inflicted Wounds" CQ Weekly (8/4), "Can Obama Save Himself" Foreign Policy (Sept.) and "Lost" The National Interest (Nov.). A total of 42 domestic magazine covers were found, comprising 24 illustration, 14 photo or photos and 4 photo illustration.
The Week |
01/31 |
2014 |
Obama and
dogs straining at the leash |
Reining in the NSA |
Illustration |
Fred Harper |
CQ Weekly |
01/27 |
2014 |
Obama during a SOTU;
Biden in background |
West Wing Reboot |
Photo |
Brendan
Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images |
Reason |
02 |
2014 |
Obama, Sebelius and Pelosi |
They Lied |
Photo |
Official White House
Photo by Pete Souza |
The Weekly Standard |
02/17 |
2014 |
Obama and Sebelius |
Obamacare Flunks |
Illustration |
Jason Seiler |
CQ Weekly |
02/24 |
2014 |
Ukrainian protester,
small insets of Obama, Putin |
Standing Up To Putin |
Photos |
All Getty Images; Obama Alex Wong, Getty Images. |
The American Spectator | 03 |
2014 |
Obama as small figure in empty frame | The Official White House Portrait | Illustration | Yogi Love with
inspiration from Jeff MacNelly |
National Journal |
03/01 |
2014 |
Obama in limo on phone |
The War Obama Will Not End |
Photo |
Official White House
Photo/Pete Souza |
The Weekly Standard | 03/03 |
2014 |
Obama from back, crowd |
The Great Disappointment |
Photo |
Associate Press/Charlie Neibergall |
National Review | 03/10 | 2014 | Obama as card huckster | The Obamacare Swindle | Illustration |
Roberto Parada |
The Week |
03/14 |
2014 |
Obama arm wrestling
Russian bear |
Tough enough? |
Illustration |
Fred Harper |
The Weekly Standard |
03/17 |
2014 |
Obama with Nobel Prize,
plus inset photos |
Give It Back |
Photos |
White House photo (Pete
Souza); insets Newscom |
The American Spectator |
04 |
2014 |
Obama as king |
The Good King Barack |
Illustration |
Shafali Anand |
New York |
04/07 |
2014 |
wide shot Obama walking |
As it turns out, race has
been the real story of the Obama presidency all along. |
Photo |
Brendan
Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images |
The Week |
04/11 |
2014 |
Obama as patient coming
out of emergency room |
Alive and kicking |
Illustration |
Fred Harper |
The New Yorker |
04/14 |
2014 |
Obama as doctor feeding
medicine |
[The Best Medicine] |
Illustration |
Barry Blitt |
The American Interest |
05 |
2014 |
Obama |
America Self-Contained |
Photo |
- |
The Weekly Standard |
06/16 |
2014 |
Obama with Jani and Bob
Bergdahl |
The Unraveling |
Photo |
Newscom |
The Week |
06/27 |
2014 |
Obama and Iraqi PM
al-Maliki |
Is Iraq broken? |
Illustration |
Howard McWilliam |
The
Week |
07/04 |
2014 |
Obama
in fighter pilot uniform |
Back
to Iraq |
Illustration |
Fred
Harper |
The Week |
07/11 |
2014 |
Obama as goalie, Scalia
kicking goal, Alito cheering |
The Right scores |
Illlustration |
Howard McWilliam |
The Weekly Standard |
08/04 |
2014 |
Obama holding Give Peace
a Chance sign |
Wrong Then, Wrong Now |
Illustration |
Dave Malan |
CQ Weekly |
08/04 |
2014 |
Obama |
Self-Inflicted Wounds |
Photo |
Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty
Images |
The Week |
09/05 |
2014 |
Obama as sheriff |
Back on the job |
Illustration |
Howard McWilliam |
National Review |
09/08 |
2014 |
Obama as student at
chalkboard |
Obama's Constitution |
Illustration |
Roman Genn |
National Review |
09/22 |
2014 |
Obama putting flower in
barrel of a tank's gun |
[The Unrealist] |
Illustration |
Elbridge Colby |
Foreign Policy |
09 |
2014 |
Obama from scraps of paper |
Can Obama Save Himself? |
Illustration |
Ian Wright |
The Economist |
09/27 |
2014 |
Obama in flight suit (a
la GWB) |
Mission relaunched |
Photo Illustration |
- |
National Review |
10/6 |
2014 |
Obama in officer's
uniform w/ Nobel Prize |
Reporting For Duty (sort
of) |
Illustration |
Roman Genn |
Rolling Stone |
10/23 |
2014 |
Obama CU |
In Defense of Obama |
Photo |
Olivier Douliery/Abaca USA |
Newsmax |
10 |
2014 |
Obama holding putter and
crouching on golf course |
The Referendum |
Photo |
AP Images |
Bloomberg Businessweek |
10/27 |
2014 |
One photo of Obama,
looking cool in sunglasses, run nine times |
Crisis Management and the
Obama Presidency |
Photos |
- |
The National Interest |
11 |
2014 |
Obama |
Lost |
Photo |
|
The Week |
11/14 |
2014 |
Obama and McConnell in
sports car, both with steering wheels |
A sharp right turn |
Illustration |
Howard McWilliam |
The Economist |
11/8 |
2014 |
Obama from behind facing
off Western style agains a line of 8 Republicans; Capitol |
Welcome back to Washington |
Photo Illustration |
- |
The New Yorker |
11/17 |
2014 |
Elephant on couch in Oval
Office; Obama behind desk |
[The Elephant in the Room] |
Illustration |
Liniers |
The Week |
11/21 |
2014 |
Obama on operating table,
Justices Roberts and Scalia ready to perform surgery |
Back on the table | Illustration |
Fred Harper |
The Economist |
11/15 |
2014 |
Obama and President Xi
Jinping |
Bridge over troubled water |
Photo illustration |
- |
National Journal |
11/15 |
2014 |
Obama and Boehner in
tangle of arms and legs |
Legacies intertwined |
Illustration |
Russ Tudor |
The Weekly Standard |
11/24 |
2014 |
Obama and Gary Hart |
Put Not Your Trust in
Glitz |
Illustration |
|
The Week |
11/28 |
2014 |
Obama making sausage |
Making legislation |
Illustration |
Howard McWilliam |
CQ Weekly |
12/8 |
2014 |
Close up photos of
President Xi Jinping and Obama |
It's Easier to be Friends |
Photos Illustration |
Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty
Images, Mark Wilson/Getty Images |
The Week |
12/31 |
2014 |
Ten figures of the year;
Obama is in the center cutting same sex wedding cake |
The faces of 2014 |
Illustration |
Howard McWilliam |
Interestingly, two magazines have run three consecutive
Obama covers this year:
The Week (twice) - 6/27 (Obama and Iraqi PM al-Maliki), 7/4 (Obama in fighter pilot uniform), 7/11 (Obama as goalie, Scalia kicking goal, Alito cheering).
11/14 (Obama and McConnell), 11/21 (Obama on the operating table, Roberts and Scalia operating), 11/28 (Obama making sausage).
National Review - 9/8 (Obama as student at chalkboard), 9/22 (Obama putting flower in barrel of a tank's gun), 10/6 (Obama in officer uniform w/Nobel).
International
Der Spiegel 03/10/2014 Russian President Putin very large towering over President Obama, Chancellor Merkel (waving a white flag) and Prime Minister Cameron. "Der Brandstifter" [fire raiser, arsonist]. Photo montage.
Maclean's 07/14/2014 Close up of the back of Obama's head. "America Surrenders" [Iraq, Syria, Russia]. Photo. Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images.
Maclean's 10/20/2014 A small PM Harper chasing after Obama. "Stephen Harper Goes to War. Photo Illustration.
The Week (twice) - 6/27 (Obama and Iraqi PM al-Maliki), 7/4 (Obama in fighter pilot uniform), 7/11 (Obama as goalie, Scalia kicking goal, Alito cheering).
11/14 (Obama and McConnell), 11/21 (Obama on the operating table, Roberts and Scalia operating), 11/28 (Obama making sausage).
National Review - 9/8 (Obama as student at chalkboard), 9/22 (Obama putting flower in barrel of a tank's gun), 10/6 (Obama in officer uniform w/Nobel).
International
Der Spiegel 03/10/2014 Russian President Putin very large towering over President Obama, Chancellor Merkel (waving a white flag) and Prime Minister Cameron. "Der Brandstifter" [fire raiser, arsonist]. Photo montage.
Maclean's 07/14/2014 Close up of the back of Obama's head. "America Surrenders" [Iraq, Syria, Russia]. Photo. Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images.
Maclean's 10/20/2014 A small PM Harper chasing after Obama. "Stephen Harper Goes to War. Photo Illustration.
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