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 t... 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?

Wolcott censored?

Jim Romenesko of St. Petersburg's Poynter Institute wonders what happened to James Wolcott's blasting of Bernard Goldberg for supposed self-promotion in response to Tim Russert's tragic death.

Is Goldberg behind its disappearance? It'd be fun to know, considering Goldberg's endless preening on alleged media self-censorship and what he says is a lack of diversity of opinion.

It would also be fun to know if Wolcott self-censored in order to avoid having to deal with Chris Matthews' blatant self-promotion when he was interviewed by Keith Olbermann about his reaction to Russert's death (Russert was wrong about the Iraq war but I was right!).

Maybe somebody should ask.

I've sent the following query to Vanity Fair, which hosts Wolcott's blog:

The Poynter Institute's Jim Romenesko recently wondered online whether Bernard Goldberg had comments about him censored from James Wolcott's blog. Did Vanity Fair censor Wolcott or did Wolcott censor himself?

Meanwhile, that Romenesko entry looks pretty much like a short gossip column.