Davis had edited a freelancer’s article, headlined “It’s Time to Start Boycotting the NFL,” and okayed it for publication before his higher-ups could intervene on behalf of the League, a potential business client. What ensued was a series of chastisements and injunctions from a more senior editor, who clarified Vice protocol in an email to Davis: “Any ‘brand’ mention—basically any mention of a large entity that we might be making some kind of business deal with—should get run up the flagpole to Hosi [Simon],” Vice’s global general manager. Davis noted, “In my experience, every single
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Example of advertising dictating content - not good for journalism!
