Michael Hirschorn: King of Pop

If Michael Hirschorn is a man of contradictions it is because he contains multitudes. Last month Hirschorn roughed up quirk in the pages of The Atlantic. Hirchorn curiously manages to combine being an Atlantic Contributing Editor along with his duties as — get this — Executive Vice President for Original Programming and Production for, of all places, VH1. How does one combine those two seemingly incommensurable roles? A healthy dose of irony, evidently. From The