There’s been lots of talk about “fake news” this last year, but Vox’s Matt Yglesias is laying down a marker about when fake news isn’t a bad thing: An uncomfortable lesson: Fake news wrongly blaming Ryan for the Speakers Lobby dress code was effective at producing much-needed change. — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 13, 2017 […]
http://twitter.com/#!/randOmouz/status/522031800294449155 Vox’s head genius Ezra Klein recently announced his support for California’s problematic new “Yes Means Yes” law: Wooooowwwww RT @Nero: I cannot believe @ezraklein actually wrote this. Speechless. pic.twitter.com/5ZPneha5da — Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) October 14, 2014 And New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait is pretty darn disappointed about that: The liberal response to campus rape has taken […]
This seems like common sense to most sane, rational Americans, yes? Don’t defend mobs of violent hateful people, regardless of their politics. In other words, don’t defend the alt-right OR AntiFa. Simple. Don't defend the alt-right. Don't defend Antifa. Sincerely,Sane people — Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) August 20, 2017 Apparently though, Jeet Heer, Senior Editor at […]
Since we seem to be having a Vox-centric day here at Twitchy, why not make room for one more piece from the explainers hard at work there? This one’s surprising because it sounds a lot to us not only like fake news, but fake news that’s good for climate change skeptics. Almost 90% of Americans […]
Vox is known in part for their holiday survival guides for liberals arguing with their more conservative family members, but here’s a suggestion we’re guessing they won’t run with: This Thanksgiving maybe Vox should run a "how to talk to your angry Bernie Bro uncle" story — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 15, 2017 Enjoy the […]
Vox is really on a roll today. First off there was this Voxsplainer about what does NOT stop racism, and now this gem about how to slow the advance of climate change: The best way to reduce your personal carbon emissions: don't be rich https://t.co/p35Dgk357d — Vox (@voxdotcom) July 24, 2017 Please convince the DNC […]
Explaining truth to the masses even when they don’t know what they’re talking about might be good enough for Vox when it comes to dealing with its readers, but as far as employee-to-employee working relations go, that level of arrogance is discouraged by workers at the parent company, digital publisher Vox Media, Inc.: And if […]
If you want to know what’s trending in the U.S. economy, look away from the business pages come Super Bowl time. 1. The Verge, the tech website and flagship property of Vox Media, revealed its Super Bowl ad today. The ad boldly declares, “This is the future, it belongs to you.” Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NKeOJ5Y4Zk4. […]
Now that the world’s developed nations have agreed on a non-binding climate agreement with no enforcement mechanism, school childrencan stop worrying about the photo of that stupid polar bear “stranded”on that quickly melting iceberg. But what are we to do about the poor fish that he’s bound to eat with those sharp teeth? Admittedly, we […]
Last night on Twitter, Mother Jones engagement editor Ben Dreyfuss — son of Hollywood legend Richard Dreyfuss — had some harsh words for Vox and an article they published onhow “extreme wealth is overrated.” But then he might have stepped over the line: Dreyfuss did admit he was “mean”: The author of the Vox hot […]