The Rest Is...The Vanity Fair Hit Piece

Where Pop Culture Meets PR · Dec 22, 2025 · 33m

This week on The Rest Is PR, the spotlight turns to Washington, media power, and the risks of believing your own access.

In this episode:

• Susie Wiles’ high-profile Vanity Fair profile, based on 11 on-the-record interviews with journalist Chris Whipple

• Why Wiles branded the piece a 'disingenuously framed hit piece' on Trump and his staff

• Whipple’s defence of the reporting and his public praise of Wiles

• The PR miscalculation behind expecting favourable coverage from pieces like this one in Vanity Fair

• How a close relationship between source and reporter can be both a positive and a…