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“”We live in a world of too much information and too little context. Too much noise and too little insight. That's where Vox's explainers come in.
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Vox is an American news and opinion website founded in April 2014 by former Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein, former Slate columnist Matthew Yglesias and vice president of growth and analytics Melissa Bell, based on the concept of explanatory journalism.[1] In July 2014, Vox received 8.2 million unique visitors,[2] and in August 2019 Vox's readership was estimated to be more than 33 million visitors.[3] As of December 2024, the Vox youtube channel has over 12.4 million subscribers and over 3.6 billion views.[4]
Controversies[edit]
In March 2014, before it had officially launched, Vox was criticized by conservative media commentators, including Erick Erickson, for a video[5] it had published arguing the public debt "isn't a problem right now".[6]
In June 2016, Vox suspended contributor Emmett Rensin for a series of tweets calling for anti-Trump riots, including one that said "If Trump comes to your town, start a riot."[7]
In December 2018, Vox received criticism from fans of PewDiePie for an article written by Aja Romano[8] which alleged that PewDiePie had ties to the alt-right and white supremacism,[9] and even went as far as including Laci Green among a list of "alt-right identified figures" — which she was not too happy about.[10] Romano has said she had received harassment on Twitter, while many of the fans urged PewDiePie to sue Vox.[9]
Sponsored content[edit]
When Vox launched in 2014, the subscription + advertisement model of funding journalism had collapsed. Like many other news organizations, Vox takes grants from external organizations such as the Rockefeller Foundation which want to see specific types of reporting. Someone who clicks on an article from Vox Future Perfect and reads an article about an Effective Altruist is unlikely to guess that writers were recruited at an Effective Altruism event, or that for years the column was funded by Effective Altruism organizations which the interviewees helped to fund or govern (a profile of patron Sam Bankman Fried was being written when his fraud collapsed and Future Perfect pivoted to investigating his crimes). While the conflict of interest is clear, Vox chose to accept the money and the supply of eager young writers and dutifully noted the funds (but not the social connections) on its website.
Reception[edit]
- Media Bias/Fact Check labels Vox with a left bias and "Mostly Factual" reporting.[11]
- AllSides rates Vox with a left bias.[12]
- Ad Fontes Media rates Vox with a reliabilty score of 41.97 (out of 64, above 32 are good) and bias score of -8.75 (-42 to 42, negative scores being more left).[13]
External links[edit]
- Vox
- Vox Media, parent company
- YouTube channel
References[edit]
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Explainers — Vox.
- ↑ Weigel, David (August 23, 2014). "Here's What You Need to Know About Politico's Coverage of Vox, in Two Charts". Slate.
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(help) - ↑ Yglesias, Matthew (March 28, 2014). "Stop freaking out about the debt". Vox.
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- ↑ Cosman, Ben. "Ezra Klein's Vox Is Already Being Labeled 'Left-Wing Propaganda' by Conservatives". The Atlantic.
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- ↑ Byers, Dylan (June 3, 2016). "Vox suspends editor for encouraging riots at Donald Trump rallies". CNN.
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- ↑ Romano, Aja (December 13, 2018). "YouTube's most popular user amplified anti-Semitic rhetoric. Again". Vox.
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- ↑ Jump up to: 9.0 9.1 Dube Dwilson, Stephanie (December 17, 2018). "PewDiePie, Wall Street Journal & Vox Feud Explained". Heavy.com.
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- ↑ Laci Green on Twitter archived https://archive.is/gvYa0 "look, calling everyone 'alt right' strips all meaning from the term. im a liberal feminist who happens to like open dialogue. how sUpEr wOkE of vox to constantly lie about youtubers for clicks and views".
- ↑ Vox - Media Bias/Fact Check
- ↑ Vox Media Bias | AllSides
- ↑ Vox Bias and Reliability | ad fontes media