Article: Vanity fire: Graydon Carter's newfound political outrage has fueled a resurgence in Vanity Fair's serious long-form journalism. But how far can he push the signature high-low mix of this Conde Nast cash cow?

David Hirschman's question for a 2004 Media Bistro article was the same one reporters had been asking Graydon Carter for more than a year: "Do you plan to keep Vanity Fair more political?" Hirschman was referring to the magazine generally and to Carter's ferocious editor's letters in particular, which, since 2003, had become an outlet for his disgust with the Bush administration. Carter's reply was defensive. "Vanity Fair's always covered politics quite heavily," he said. "I think that my own participation has probably run its course. I've said everything I want to say."

He had not, however. Two and half years have passed and Carter shows no sign of quieting his ...

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