Vice magazine did a photo spread of models re-enacting women writers’ suicides, then apologized and pulled the photos from their website. Did they do the wrong thing?
Media
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The Gang of 8 Lobbies Fox News
Being the house organ of the Republican party can get complicated when it comes to immigration.
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Cable News Is a Third of a Century Old
Looking back at CNN’s debut
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What’s Eating the Left’s Media?
After a decade of ferment and crisis, politics has settled into a less urgent period, and that’s bad for liberal media.
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Will Blog for Swag
Why tech reporters should feel a little wrong about all that free stuff they’re taking home
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Notes on a Pseudo-Scandal
Things like Benghazi generate their own momentum, whether there was any actual wrongdoing or not.
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Are the Koch Brothers Getting in the Newspaper Business?
And what would happen if they did?
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Pete Williams Is a Good Journalist, But He’s Not a Hero
Just because so many of his colleagues did such a poor job doesn’t mean our praise for the NBC reporter should get out of control.
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Is the Single-Issue Gun Voter Another Myth?
People who don’t own guns are just as likely to base their vote on the gun issue.
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Boston, Through a Crisis Darkly
Trying to do the routine in a city changed after Monday’s bombing