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Uncovering the covers

Name: Uncovering the covers
Uploaded: 2012-04-29T09:59:47-0400
Duration: 5 min 14 s
Description: The covers of The New Yorker magazine during its first half-century tended to be humorous or sentimental scenes. But for the nearly 20 years since Francoise Mouly became art editor, the covers have become political, edgy and controversial. Correspondent Mo Rocca uncovers the covers.

The covers of The New Yorker magazine during its first half-century tended to be humorous or sentimental scenes. But for the nearly 20 years since Francoise Mouly became art editor, the covers have become political, edgy and controversial. Correspondent Mo Rocca uncovers the covers.