Parody
Parody George, which tried to cover politics as pop culture, is being shuttered, ^ parent company Hachette Filipacchi said yesterday. —Washington Post, January 5, 2001 Demise Of Magazine GEORGE,...
...House Pets of the Senate Finance Committee" revealed a previously unsuspected source of influence on legislation...
...Its demise leaves the public discourse cheapened, and Washington a poorer, crasser, less civil place...
...With voter participation at an all-time low, George showed that only a thin line separates politics from pressing cultural concerns of the "real voter," not just in "Elvis, Hitler in Gay Bar Sex Romp," but also in such other articles as "Ultra Slim-fast Buyers: How They Vote...
...George hired diligent journalists willing to dig deeper, as in its three-part series, "Cool Fashions of the Columbine Shooting Victims...
...George brought Americans into the backroom world of power politics, revealing Ben Nighthorse Campbell's ostrich-skin cowboy-boot collection to be not as good as Phil Gramm's, and exposing— underneath the outward comi-ty—a deep rift between California senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein over the Won-derbra...
...Washington Post, January 5, 2001 Demise Of Magazine GEORGE, From C1 like Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite before them...
...But "Runway Models: How They Vote" was not the only way George magazine brought substance back into American politics...
...After "Gary Hart: The Haggar Slacks Years" and "Viagra Users: How They Vote," the magazine moved from strength to strength, providing a fresh perspective on national missile defense through an interview with Keyshawn...
...Jennifer Aniston's article "Why I'm in favor of phasing in a short-term depreciation allowance for capital goods owned by EITC schedule 4 recipients and their dependents," accompanied by a tasteful 48-page photo spread, brought new ideas (never welcome in the musty corridors of power) to a jaded Washington...
Vol. 6 • January 2001 • No. 17
