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Article: Vanity Fair's appetite for muck convinces Burton he's a target.(On Media)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 2, 1998
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Vanity Fair is Monica Lewinsky's favorite read. It is also a forum for edgy glam, partisan slam and hearty titillation - a combination that has inspired several Hollywood producers to buy the film rights for 14 Vanity Fair stories.
And these are nonfiction stories.
But beware Vanity Fair. It is a big fish in the media food chain. Though a monthly, VF breaks stories with a daily publication's finesse and a tabloid's appetite. Where VF goes, others follow.
When the magazine reported in 1995 that House Speaker Newt Gingrich was unfaithful in his marriage, CNN and other news organizations reported the findings before the magazine even hit the ...