LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanity Fair is trying to defuse criticism of a video mocking Hillary Clinton and her presidential aspirations.
In a statement Wednesday, the magazine said the online video was an attempt at humor that regrettably “missed the mark.”
Posted last weekend, the video shows editors of Vanity Fair’s Hive website offering toasts and New Year’s resolutions to Clinton.
Among the suggestions: that Clinton take up knitting, volunteer work or any hobby that would keep her from running again for president.
The backlash included a tweet from actress Patricia Arquette with her own proposal — stop telling women what they should or can do.
Maybe Alcohol should be minimized at your back room editors parties.
It’s all funny until the hangover takes effect.
Any publication named “Vanity” should be held at arms length, and flushed.
Yes, of course. What we really need right now: as possible war looms and America is at risk of becoming an authoritarian state, is for a liberal magazine to mock Hillary Clinton.
Apparently, misogyny knows no political stripe.
In my work I sometimes have to remind people that teams of high-end professionals don’t always succeed at sketch humor. Amateurs are about guaranteed to fail. Also I fail to see why a bunch of magazine editors have any right to sneer at Hillary Clinton. I’m a former magazine editor myself and I happen to know there’s an unfortunate tendency in the culture to be know-it-all smartypantses. Say what you will but Hillz is vastly smarter, tougher, and more accomplished than than any of her sneering critics.