Is The Atlantic magazine trying to send its readers a not so secret message? Although it’s profile of California Governor Gavin Newsom by Helen Lewis on Tuesday, “The Front-Runner,” was generally positive it was also chock full of Gettys as in the oil fortune family of patriarch J. Paul Getty.
In fact the name “Getty” was so important in Newsom’s personal, business, and political background that it appeared a total of 22 times in the article (including the Getty Images attributions of five of the photos used). Although a Republican presidential hopeful so attached to a family whose fortune was based on oil would be savaged for the connection, with Newsom it seems to be okay because of the magic (D) by his name.
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