In the July 21 issue of The New Yorker, a cover illustration of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama and his wife satirizes some of the rumors that have swirled about the candidate.

Editors at the New Yorker said the cover was meant to mock the lies that have circulated about Obama, but both the Obama and the McCain campaigns condemned the depiction as tasteless and inappropriate, according to NewsHour’s report “New Yorker Cover Satirizing Obama Raises Controversy”, where writers Michael Eric Dyson and Eric Bates weigh in.

You can watch Charlie Rose’s interview with Remnick on his web site on July 17.

See below: Rose interviewing Remnick 10 years ago, from when he was a new editor of The New Yorker, talking about his career in journalism, his hopes for the direction of the magazine and some major stories he wants to cover. (originally aired: 9/16/1998)

(See more from Charlie Rose with David Remnick here)