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After a turbulent week in American politics where controversial stories about President Trump’s administration were broken by newspapers with long-standing histories bias, NBC spent some time on Sunday Today championing a relative newcomer to “the game.” “But this national moment has brought some new players into the game as well,” touted host Willie Geist. “NBC's Katy Tur shines our Sunday spotlight on a publication you never would have associated with politics until now.” That newcomer is fashion magazine Teen Vogue.
“At 14-year-old old, Teen Vogue is growing up … Focusing on more than just fashion and beauty,” announced Katy Tur as she started her gushy report. “But like every teenager, not everyone was ready to take seriously.”
The starting focus of the report was Teen Vogue’s op-ed columnist Lauren Duca, whose most notable work was a piece written in December 2016 titled: “Donald Trump Is Gaslighting America.” A description of the piece on their website describes the column as a “scorched-earth op-ed” where “Lauren Duca takes on Trump's systematic attempts to destabilize the truth and weaken the foundation of American freedom.”
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