Watch The Sky Is Falling with Dennis Hopper. This movie is relevant. Sorry for the bad resolution. It's the only copy odf this I could find.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jhmGHwVkfA
The New Yorker is a Satirical rag. Do not take anything you see in it seriously. Many of their articles say right on them that they are Satire. Haven't looked at this one yet???