Vogue Criticized for Posting ‘Utter Piece of Garbage’ Attacking White House Portrait

'This isn’t journalism, it's crap.'

Vogue magazine was slammed for its article about the White House Christmas Portrait, titled, “What’s Up With This Year’s Surreal White House Christmas Portrait?” with one critic calling it an “utter piece of garbage” hit piece.

The article accuses President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump of looking “like cutouts.”

“It’s how they’re lit versus the lighting in the space… it makes them look like cutouts,” Vogue’s visual director said. “The President and First Lady are competing with their decorations,” said another unnamed staffer. And another person claimed the first lady used an Instagram filter “to create a false uniformity.”

Meanwhile, it also said the two “are also holding hands, a move that is famously out of character for them.” At the same time, the article said the cheery demeanor of the Trumps “feels so strangely off.”

The article does not have an author, as noted by Media Research Center vice president Dan Gainor, who slammed Vogue for publishing the article.

“Notice how no one at Vogue was brave enough to put their name on this utter piece of garbage? This isn’t journalism, it’s crap. It belongs in the same sewer that Vogue inhabits,” Gainor told Fox News.

Gainor added that “major media have done more to discredit legitimate journalism than anything their critics—even Donald Trump—could ever do,” with such attacks.

“It’s because of garbage ‘news’ stories like this… that journalism is in the awful state it is in,” he said. “Vogue is especially disgusting here by complaining about the president and first lady because they are smiling and holding hands. It’s even more laughable because it’s so bitter and vindictive.”

Financial Struggles?

Vogue is owned by Conde Nast, a mass media company that owns “Ars Technica,” “Glamour,” “Vanity Fair,” “Wired,” “Pitchfork,” “Teen Vogue,” and “GQ.” It’s a subsidiary of Advance Publications.

But the company has been struggling in recent years.

A few weeks ago, its CEO, Robert Sauerberg, said he would step down “months after Mr. Sauerberg announced a sweeping plan to address the struggles at Condée Nast,” The New York Times reported.

“After the global CEO is hired, Jonathan Newhouse will become Chairman of the Board of Directors and will relinquish his position as CEO of Condé Nast International,” said a memo on Nov. 27, reported NBC News. “Bob Sauerberg will continue as CEO of Condé Nast/U.S. until the transition is completed, and then will leave to pursue other opportunities, including his representation of Advance on the board of Reddit [the digital platform owned by Advance Publications].”

The Times article also said, “Last year, Conde Nast lost more than $120 million. It has put three magazines, ‘Brides,’ ‘Golf Digest’ and ‘W,’ up for sale, and announced that it would end regular print publication of one of its oldest titles, ‘Glamour.’”

NBC reported the firm has struggled in the media’s overall shift to digital, meaning few paid ad pages. Over the past several years, the firm has laid off staff, merged magazines, and cut costs. Meanwhile, some of its longtime editors, including Graydon Carter, were forced into retirement.