• The New Republic, Tuesday, April 12, 2011 2:45 PM

The New Republic's Eliza Gray did the math, and sure enough, Vanity Fair's obsession with the Kennedys is revealed as fact: "According to my count, roughly one-third of the issues of Vanity Fair since 2003 have contained at least one article about a Kennedy, written by a Kennedy, or mentioning a Kennedy at least seven times."

Sure, Kennedy coverage still sells issues, but when you're scraping the bottom of the barrel with less-than-groundbreaking tidbits (during the inauguration, JFK "felt fat" and had "broiled bacon" for breakfast, according to a 6,000-word February piece) and facing reader complaints, it's time to move on, Gray argues in an insightful and witty article.

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