(Christopher) Hitchen's Razor:

"That which can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."

Quoted by Graydon Carter, former editor of Vanity Fair and a bunch of other famous publications in his book "When the Going Was Good"

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#VanityFair
#CondeNast

Graydon Carter Gives Up Air Mail Editor Reins As Sale Closes

Puck, the media firm led by Carter’s Vanity Fair protégé Jon Kelly, is snapping up the lifestyle brand to scale up.

The Hollywood Reporter
Puck Nears Deal to Acquire Graydon Carter’s Air Mail

The media company focused on the vectors of power and influence is closing in on a deal to acquire the media company co-founded by the former Vanity Fair editor.

The Hollywood Reporter

#TVnews #chatshow conversation on #MSNBC with investigative journalist Vicky Ward, whose #VanityFair story about young female #EpsteinMaxwell victim's was neutered and censored by #GraydonCarter after threats by #JeffreyEpstein and #Dershowitz.

Ward details personal #threats Epstein even made against her unborn children... and how this all created chuckles for the crowd that contributed to his #BDay Book and that would attend Epstein's soirees at his #UpperEastSide #kompromat party pad mansion and of course even jet set off to creepy #EpsteinIsland

Graydon Carter: ‘The closest I’ve come to death? A tense argument with Russell Crowe at an Oscar party’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/21/graydon-carter-writer-interview #GraydonCarter #Lifeandstyle #Magazines
Graydon Carter: ‘The closest I’ve come to death? A tense argument with Russell Crowe at an Oscar party’

The former Vanity Fair editor on Hermès hankies, his daily 11am cigarette, and the ‘ugly lunacy’ of the Trump administration

The Guardian
When the Going Was Good by Graydon Carter review – juicy stories from the heydey of magazines

From Anna Wintour’s table manners to Oscar party hijinks, the former editor of Vanity Fair tells all

The Guardian
Journalist Graydon Carter: ‘If there was another 9/11 this week, I don’t think the world would rush to support us’

The former Vanity Fair editor on how #MeToo changed Hollywood, what Christopher Hitchens would make of the US today, and the value of a handkerchief

The Guardian

Good interview. Some great background on Trump, media, NYC & how to treat people–people you work with and for. [New York Magazine, Vox, On with Kara Swisher Podcast]: Graydon Carter on Vanity Fair, Editing & a Short-Fingered Vulgarian Named Trump

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-with-kara-swisher/id1643307527?i=1000701039209

#graydonCarter #whenthegoingwasgood #karaswisher

Graydon Carter on Vanity Fair, Editing & a Short-Fingered Vulgarian Named Trump

Podcast Episode · On with Kara Swisher · 03/27/2025 · 55m

Apple Podcasts

Graydon Carter Reveals Why Harvey Weinstein Was “Banned” For Life From ‘Vanity Fair’ Oscars Party
#News #GraydonCarter #HarveyWeinstein #Oscars #VanityFair #VanityFairParty

https://deadline.com/2025/03/why-harvey-weinstein-banned-vanity-fair-oscars-party-1236347368/

Graydon Carter Reveals Why Harvey Weinstein Was “Banned” For Life From ‘Vanity Fair’ Oscars Party

Although Harvey Weinstein isn't attending any red carpet events these days, one exclusive event took him off the guest list before his scandal.

Deadline
Graydon Carter Has “Never Been Happier”

The storied onetime steward of Vanity Fair — and, at 75, a newly minted memoirist — sits with a former intern for a probing interview about guiding the influential magazine through a cultural minefield that included Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein and Gwyneth Paltrow.

The Hollywood Reporter