Mike Sweeney, the head writer for Conan O’Brien, quoted in an article about the trouble the late-night TV hosts are having getting laughs about Obama. Here’s more:

Mr. Colbert said in a telephone interview that a running joke on his show has been that Mr. Obama is a “secret Muslim”; the New Yorker cover, he said, was consistent with that. “It’s a completely valid satirical point to make — and it’s perfectly valid for Obama not to like it,” he said.