"I have every intention of asking him difficult questions and engaging in a serious and even combative conversation" is a lousy excuse

Mr. Nag just purchased a subscription to The New Yorker but it looks like he's going to have to cancel it because the magazine has invited odious white supremacist Steve Bannon to headline its festival.

Boing Boing suggests that editor David Remick's excuse for inviting Bannon— "I have every intention of asking him difficult questions and engaging in a serious and even combative conversation" — would be the perfect caption for every New Yorker cartoon. What do you think?

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Update: After immediate and intense internet outrage The New Yorker disinvited Bannon