Study Shows that Vanity Fair Has Unhealthy Preoccupation with the Kennedys

Breaking news: Vanity Fair has a little thing for the Kennedys.

Yes, well, this thought has probably occurred to anyone who has flipped through the magazine, any issue, ever. But intrepid reporter Eliza Gray at The New Republic decided to research just how deep Vanity Fair‘s obsession with the Kennedys — sorry, we mean “Camelot!”– runs.

According to my count, roughly one-third of the issues of Vanity Fair since 2003 have contained at least one article about a Kennedy, written by a Kennedy, or mentioning a Kennedy at least seven times… This list leaves out many stories that mention the Kennedys only fleetingly.

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