Monday, June 23, 2008

Wolcott censored? Not, says Vanity Fair editor

Vanity Fair was pleasingly prompt in answering my missive about the disappearance of a Wolcott blog. Editor Michael Hogan responded.
Dear Mr. White,

Thank you for your letter regarding the dropped posts in James Wolcott's Blog. This was the accidental consequence of a technical upgrade, and the dropped posts have been restored.

Best,
Michael
Hogan's e-mail to me was time-stamped 5:22 p.m. Compare a recent update at Romenesko:
An explanation
Posted by Michael Hogan 6/23/2008 5:34:12 PM

VF.com's editor here. We upgraded our blogging platform last week and experienced a few technical glitches. Among them: the inadvertent loss of two posts by Jim Wolcott, one on Bernard Goldberg and the other on the late great Cyd Charisse. They have been restored and can be viewed here: http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/
Roughly 10 minutes later, if the stamps are both accurate. Close enough for me to reasonably conclude that I contacted Vanity Fair about it before Romenesko.

I'll be looking for the Romenesko entry where he says "Well, of course Vanity Fair is going to restore it and say they didn't censor Wolcott after I blew the whistle on them."

See also:
Wolcott Censored?

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