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Earlier this week, images of a new Billie Eilish emerged, and controversy ensued or did it? The New York Times, in particular, is taking some heat for its “paper thin” reporting on supposed backlash to the fashion spread taken for the June 2021 issue of British Vogue, which shows the 19-year-old singer in latex, lingerie, and corsetry, as opposed to her signature baggy, androgynous apparel. “The New York Times published an article about how some people don’t like that Billie Eilish Vogue cover. And the entire thing hinges on one person (bot?) who didn’t like it,” Vice News correspondent Roberto Aram Ferdman observed, “a Twitter user with 3 followers who joined the platform in December and has only tweeted in English once.”
British Vogue
The New York Times is facing the wrath of several journalists who are accusing the publication of creating a fake controversy surrounding
Billie Eilish’s new
In a story titled “On That Bombshell Billie Eilish Cover for British Vogue,” the
Times argued that some fans of the 19-year-old singer known for wearing oversized track suits and hoodies “feel betrayed” by her showing off her body in a corset on the cover of the fashion magazine.
The only example cited by the
Times was the Twitter account @jetztissesraus, which had written, “Before: unique, different, a class of her own. After: mainstream, exchangeable, slick and polished. Why?”