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Founded in 2014 around explanatory journalism, Vox aimed to tell readers not just what happened but what it meant. It was acquired by Lupa Systems and remains one of the most widely read policy explainers online.
Supporters argue that explaining a subject properly is a public service and that Vox does it better than almost anyone. Critics argue that explanation is where bias hides most easily, because deciding which facts a reader needs in order to understand something is itself an editorial judgment with a direction.