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The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

2019-05-26T16:14:18Z

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| director = Steven Bognar Julia Reichert
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| studio = [[HBO Films]]
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'''''The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant''''' is a 2009 documentary film, directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaHEj3agOYA Short Film Winners: 2010 Oscars]</ref> and produced for [[HBO Films]]. The film follows the closure of the [[Moraine Assembly]] plant, a [[General Motors]] automobile factory in [[Moraine, Ohio]], on December 23, 2008.

Reichert and Bognar spoke to several hundred of the nearly 3,000 workers at the plant who were to lose their jobs as a result of the closure. Lacking access to film inside the plant itself, the filmmakers supplied some of the workers with [[Flip Video Mino]] cameras to smuggle into the factory, allowing them to acquire footage of some of the final vehicles being assembled there.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Clint|title=Ohio filmmakers seeking Oscar gold: 'The Last Truck' shines spotlight on Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar|url=http://www.cleveland.com/moviebuff/index.ssf/2010/03/ohio_filmmakers_seeking_oscar.html|accessdate=November 5, 2014|work=cleveland.com|publisher=Plain Dealer Publishing|date=March 6, 2010|ref=oconnor}}</ref>

''The Last Truck'' was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)]] in 2009.<ref name=variety>{{cite news|last1=Blair|first1=Iain|title=Docu shorts contenders for Oscar|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/news/docu-shorts-contenders-for-oscar-1118012542/|accessdate=November 4, 2014|work=Variety|date=December 10, 2009}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*''[[Roger and Me]]'', the 1989 [[Michael Moore]] documentary film similar in content

==External links==
*[http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-last-truck-closing-of-a-gm-plant#/ HBO website]
*{{imdb title|id=1487120}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50qSV_F-nAE Trailer]

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The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

2019-05-26T16:13:19Z

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| director = Steven Bognar Julia Reichert
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'''''The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant''''' is a 2009 documentary film, directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaHEj3agOYA Short Film Winners: 2010 Oscars]</ref> and produced for [[HBO Films]]. The film follows the closure of the [[Moraine Assembly]] plant, a [[General Motors]] automobile factory in [[Moraine, Ohio]], on December 23, 2008.

Reichert and Bognar spoke to several hundred of the nearly 3,000 workers at the plant who were to lose their jobs as a result of the closure. Lacking access to film inside the plant itself, the filmmakers supplied some of the workers with [[Flip Video Mino]] cameras to smuggle into the factory, allowing them to acquire footage of some of the final vehicles being assembled there.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Clint|title=Ohio filmmakers seeking Oscar gold: 'The Last Truck' shines spotlight on Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar|url=http://www.cleveland.com/moviebuff/index.ssf/2010/03/ohio_filmmakers_seeking_oscar.html|accessdate=November 5, 2014|work=cleveland.com|publisher=Plain Dealer Publishing|date=March 6, 2010|ref=oconnor}}</ref>

''The Last Truck'' was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)]] in 2009.<ref name=variety>{{cite news|last1=Blair|first1=Iain|title=Docu shorts contenders for Oscar|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/news/docu-shorts-contenders-for-oscar-1118012542/|accessdate=November 4, 2014|work=Variety|date=December 10, 2009}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*''[[Roger and Me]]'', the 1989 [[Michael Moore]] documentary film similar in content

==External links==
*[http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-last-truck-closing-of-a-gm-plant#/ HBO website]
*{{imdb title|id=1487120}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50qSV_F-nAE Preview]

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The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

2019-05-26T16:11:16Z

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| director = Steven Bognar [[Julia Reichert]]
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'''''The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant''''' is a 2009 documentary film, directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaHEj3agOYA Short Film Winners: 2010 Oscars]</ref> on [[YouTube]] and produced for [[HBO Films]]. The film follows the closure of the [[Moraine Assembly]] plant, a [[General Motors]] automobile factory in [[Moraine, Ohio]], on December 23, 2008.

Reichert and Bognar spoke to several hundred of the nearly 3,000 workers at the plant who were to lose their jobs as a result of the closure. Lacking access to film inside the plant itself, the filmmakers supplied some of the workers with [[Flip Video Mino]] cameras to smuggle into the factory, allowing them to acquire footage of some of the final vehicles being assembled there.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Clint|title=Ohio filmmakers seeking Oscar gold: 'The Last Truck' shines spotlight on Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar|url=http://www.cleveland.com/moviebuff/index.ssf/2010/03/ohio_filmmakers_seeking_oscar.html|accessdate=November 5, 2014|work=cleveland.com|publisher=Plain Dealer Publishing|date=March 6, 2010|ref=oconnor}}</ref>

''The Last Truck'' was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)]] in 2009.<ref name=variety>{{cite news|last1=Blair|first1=Iain|title=Docu shorts contenders for Oscar|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/news/docu-shorts-contenders-for-oscar-1118012542/|accessdate=November 4, 2014|work=Variety|date=December 10, 2009}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*''[[Roger and Me]]'', the 1989 [[Michael Moore]] documentary film similar in content

==External links==
*[http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-last-truck-closing-of-a-gm-plant#/ HBO website]
*{{imdb title|id=1487120}}

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The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

2019-05-26T16:11:02Z

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'''''The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant''''' is a 2009 documentary film, directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaHEj3agOYA Short Film Winners: 2010 Oscars]</ref> on [[YouTube]] and produced for [[HBO Films]]. The film follows the closure of the [[Moraine Assembly]] plant, a [[General Motors]] automobile factory in [[Moraine, Ohio]], on December 23, 2008.

Reichert and Bognar spoke to several hundred of the nearly 3,000 workers at the plant who were to lose their jobs as a result of the closure. Lacking access to film inside the plant itself, the filmmakers supplied some of the workers with [[Flip Video Mino]] cameras to smuggle into the factory, allowing them to acquire footage of some of the final vehicles being assembled there.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Clint|title=Ohio filmmakers seeking Oscar gold: 'The Last Truck' shines spotlight on Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar|url=http://www.cleveland.com/moviebuff/index.ssf/2010/03/ohio_filmmakers_seeking_oscar.html|accessdate=November 5, 2014|work=cleveland.com|publisher=Plain Dealer Publishing|date=March 6, 2010|ref=oconnor}}</ref>

''The Last Truck'' was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)]] in 2009.<ref name=variety>{{cite news|last1=Blair|first1=Iain|title=Docu shorts contenders for Oscar|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/news/docu-shorts-contenders-for-oscar-1118012542/|accessdate=November 4, 2014|work=Variety|date=December 10, 2009}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*''[[Roger and Me]]'', the 1989 [[Michael Moore]] documentary film similar in content
*[[General Motors]]

==External links==
*[http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-last-truck-closing-of-a-gm-plant#/ HBO website]
*{{imdb title|id=1487120}}

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The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

2019-05-26T16:06:06Z

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'''''The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant''''' is a 2009 documentary film, directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaHEj3agOYA Short Film Winners: 2010 Oscars]</ref> on [[YouTube]] and produced for [[HBO Films]]. The film follows the closure of the [[Moraine Assembly]] plant, a [[General Motors]] automobile factory in [[Moraine, Ohio]], on December 23, 2008.

Reichert and Bognar spoke to several hundred of the nearly 3,000 workers at the plant who were to lose their jobs as a result of the closure. Lacking access to film inside the plant itself, the filmmakers supplied some of the workers with [[Flip Video Mino]] cameras to smuggle into the factory, allowing them to acquire footage of some of the final vehicles being assembled there.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Clint|title=Ohio filmmakers seeking Oscar gold: 'The Last Truck' shines spotlight on Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar|url=http://www.cleveland.com/moviebuff/index.ssf/2010/03/ohio_filmmakers_seeking_oscar.html|accessdate=November 5, 2014|work=cleveland.com|publisher=Plain Dealer Publishing|date=March 6, 2010|ref=oconnor}}</ref>

''The Last Truck'' was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)]] in 2009.<ref name=variety>{{cite news|last1=Blair|first1=Iain|title=Docu shorts contenders for Oscar|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/news/docu-shorts-contenders-for-oscar-1118012542/|accessdate=November 4, 2014|work=Variety|date=December 10, 2009}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-last-truck-closing-of-a-gm-plant#/ HBO website]
*{{imdb title|id=1487120}}

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The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

2019-05-26T16:05:34Z

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'''''The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant''''' is a 2009 documentary film, directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaHEj3agOYA Short Film Winners: 2010 Oscars]</ref> on [[YouTube]] and produced for [[HBO Films]]. The film follows the closure of the [[Moraine Assembly]] plant, a [[General Motors]] automobile factory in [[Moraine, Ohio]], on December 23, 2008.

Reichert and Bognar spoke to several hundred of the nearly 3,000 workers at the plant who were to lose their jobs as a result of the closure. Lacking access to film inside the plant itself, the filmmakers supplied some of the workers with [[Flip Video Mino]] cameras to smuggle into the factory, allowing them to acquire footage of some of the final vehicles being assembled there.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Clint|title=Ohio filmmakers seeking Oscar gold: 'The Last Truck' shines spotlight on Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar|url=http://www.cleveland.com/moviebuff/index.ssf/2010/03/ohio_filmmakers_seeking_oscar.html|accessdate=November 5, 2014|work=cleveland.com|publisher=Plain Dealer Publishing|date=March 6, 2010|ref=oconnor}}</ref>

''The Last Truck'' was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)]] in 2009.<ref name=variety>{{cite news|last1=Blair|first1=Iain|title=Docu shorts contenders for Oscar|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/news/docu-shorts-contenders-for-oscar-1118012542/|accessdate=November 4, 2014|work=Variety|date=December 10, 2009}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-last-truck-closing-of-a-gm-plant#/ HBO website]
*{{imdb title|id=1487120}}

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Bill Cosby – Die Superkanone

2018-10-09T02:12:14Z

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{{Infobox film
| name = Leonard Part 6
| image = Leonard part six ver2.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Paul Weiland]]
| producer = [[Bill Cosby]]
| screenplay = Jonathan Reynolds
| story = Bill Cosby
| starring = {{plainlist|
* Bill Cosby
* [[Tom Courtenay]]
* [[Joe Don Baker]]
}}
| music = [[Elmer Bernstein]]
| cinematography = [[Jan de Bont]]
| editing = [[Gerry Hambling]]
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1987|12|18|U.S.}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| language = English
| country = United States
| budget = $24 million {{small|(Production)}}<ref name=ColumbiaPicturesBook>Dick, Bernard F. (1992) "Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio" (p. 46). [[The University Press of Kentucky]]. {{ISBN|0-8131-1769-0}}. Retrieved on November 28, 2010.</ref> + $9 million {{small|(Marketing)}}<ref>Kips, Charles (1989) "Out Of Focus" (p. 324) {{ISBN|0-688-09022-2}} Retrieved on May 7, 2014</ref>
| gross = $4.6 million
}}

'''''Leonard Part 6''''' is a 1987 American [[spy film|spy]] [[parody film]]. It was directed by [[Paul Weiland]] and starred [[Bill Cosby]], who also produced the film and wrote its story. The film also starred [[Gloria Foster]] as the villain, and [[Joe Don Baker]]. The film was shot in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. It earned several [[Golden Raspberry Awards]]; Cosby himself denounced and disowned it in the press in the weeks leading up to its release. It is often considered to be [[List of films considered the worst#Leonard Part 6 (1987)|one of the worst films ever made]].

==Plot==
{{expand section|date=June 2015}}
Bill Cosby plays Leonard Parker, a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] spy-turned-restaurateur. According to the opening sequence of the movie, the title refers to the idea that this film is actually the sixth installment of a series of films featuring the adventures of Leonard, as parts one through five were locked up in the interests of world security. In actuality, there are no films preceding this one.

The theatrical release poster points out that Leonard Parker is, at the time of his reluctant return to action, coping with domestic issues:

{{blockquote|His daughter is engaged to a man old enough to be his father.

His estranged wife behaves like she is younger than their daughter.

And now his government has asked him to save the world. Again.}}

The film starts with Parker being called out of retirement by his CIA director Snyderburn (Baker) to save the world from evil [[vegetarianism|vegetarian]] Medusa Johnson (Foster), who brainwashes animals to kill people. The film ends with Leonard infiltrating Johnson's headquarters (an "International Tuna" factory), fending off the vegetarians with magic meat he received from a [[Romani people|Gypsy]], freeing the captive animals, and flooding the base using [[Alka-Seltzer]]. He escapes by riding an ostrich across the roof; the unlikely steed flies him to the ground.

==Cast==
*[[Bill Cosby]] as Leonard Parker
*[[Tom Courtenay]] as Frayn
*[[Joe Don Baker]] as Nick Snyderburn
*[[Moses Gunn]] as Giorgio Francozzi
*[[Gloria Foster]] as Medusa Johnson
*Pat Colbert as Allison Parker
*[[Victoria Rowell]] as Joan Parker
*[[John Hostetter]] as Adams

==Production==
Asked years later about his work on the film, director [[Paul Weiland]] recalled:

<blockquote>It was a terrible mistake. ... When anyone gets into that position (Bill Cosby's position of power in the 1980s), they are surrounded by sycophants and no one tells them the truth. But Cosby just wasn't funny. I couldn't tell him directly. I'd say it feels slow, and he'd say, 'You worry about construction, let me worry about funny.'<ref>{{cite news|author=Simon Hattenstone|title=Through slick and thin Paul Weiland, adman turned Hollywood film-maker, talks about stars, egos and his latest movie, City Slickers II|publisher=The Guardian|date=1994-09-22}}</ref></blockquote>

==Reception==
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The movie received overwhelming negative reviews.<ref>{{cite news|title= Cosby's 'Leonard' a Super-Inane Superspy|publisher= [[The Los Angeles Times]]|date=1987-12-18|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1987-12-18/entertainment/ca-19771_1|accessdate=2010-12-12|first=Kevin|last=Thomas}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Confessions of a Film Masochist: Nothing Explains 'Leonard Part 6'-That's Why It's Fun |work= The Los Angeles Times|date=1988-01-24|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1988-01-24/entertainment/ca-38089_1_leonard-part|accessdate=2010-11-09|first=Chris|last=Willman}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Film: Bill Cosby's 'Leonard Part 6' |work= The New York Times|date=1987-12-18|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/18/movies/film-bill-cosby-s-leonard-part-6.html|accessdate=2010-11-09|first=Caryn|last=James}}</ref> When the film was released in 1987, even Cosby himself said that he was so disappointed with it that he publicly advised people not to waste their money on it.<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|title= Leonard RIP?|publisher= [[The Los Angeles Times]]|date=1987-12-20|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1987-12-20/entertainment/ca-29856_1_leonard-part|accessdate=2010-12-26|first=Pat H.|last=Broeske}}</ref>

The ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote: "''Leonard Part 6'' is a smug, tedious exercise in self-indulgence ... There's virtually nothing to laugh at in this film, and too much of everything else." The ''Times'' noted that, although Weiland was the director, "clearly Cosby, as star, producer and idea man (writer), is the auteur here."<ref name=Leonard>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-12-18/entertainment/ca-19771_1_2nd-unit|author=Kevin Thomas|title=Cosby's 'Leonard' a Super-Inane Superspy|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=1987-12-18}}</ref>

Weiland was nominated for the [[Golden Raspberry Award]] for [[Razzie Award for Worst Director|Worst Director]].

Caryn James of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "Mr. Cosby and the director, Paul Weiland, were reportedly at odds while filming ''Leonard Part 6,'' which opens today at Cine 1 and other theaters, but there's plenty of blame for them to share. Mr. Weiland's direction, Mr. Cosby's story and Jonathan Reynolds's screenplay seem equally trite."<ref>{{cite news|author=Caryn James|title=Film: Bill Cosby's 'Leonard Part 6'|publisher=The New York Times|date=1987-12-18}}</ref>

===Box office===
The movie was a box office flop, and thanks in part to Cosby's advice on the film, it only grossed $4,615,255<ref name=LATimes/><ref>{{cite news|title= Laughing Their Way to Bank Hollywood Accounts Swell From `Baby' and `Momma'|publisher= [[The Los Angeles Times]]|date=1988-01-06|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1988-01-06/entertainment/ca-22861_1/3|accessdate=2010-12-08|first=Jack|last=Mathews}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Weekend Box Office |publisher= [[The Los Angeles Times]]|date=1987-12-22|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1987-12-22/entertainment/ca-30480_1|accessdate=2010-12-26|first=Jack|last=Mathews}}</ref>—a mere fraction of its $24 million budget.<ref name=ColumbiaPicturesBook/>

===Accolades===
The movie won three [[8th Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Awards]], for Worst Actor (Cosby), Worst Picture, and Worst Screenplay (Jonathan Reynolds and Cosby). It was nominated for two more Razzie Awards, for Worst Supporting Actress (Foster) and Worst Director (Weiland). A few weeks after the ceremony, Cosby accepted his three Razzies on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s ''[[The Late Show (1986 TV series)|The Late Show]].'' He demanded that the three Razzies he earned be specifically made out of 24 karat (99.99%) gold and Italian marble, which were later paid for by Fox. Cosby himself later brought the awards with him when he was a guest on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]],'' happily displaying them and proclaiming, "I swept the awards!"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1in0hor24uU Razzie® Award Reel – YouTube]</ref> For the 2005 Razzies, the movie earned a nomination in the Worst "Comedy" of Our First 25 Years category.

===Home media===
''Leonard Part 6'' was released by [[Columbia Pictures]] on DVD, on April 26, 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title= Leonard Part 6|work= [[DVD Talk]]|date=|url= http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/15632/leonard-part-6/|accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref>

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Gott ist nicht tot

2018-05-02T20:34:00Z

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| budget = $2 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/kermit-gosnell-tv-movie-kevin-sorbo/ |title='God's Not Dead's Kevin Sorbo Takes Hollywood & Media To Task As He Backs Crowdfunding Campaign For Telefilm On Convicted Abortion Doctor Kermit Gosnell |work=[[Deadline.com]] |accessdate=April 5, 2014 |first=Anita |last=Busch |date=April 3, 2014}}</ref>
| gross = $64.7 million<ref name= "BOM">{{cite web|url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=godsnotdead.htm|title=God's Not Dead (2014)|work= [[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher= [[Amazon.com]]|accessdate= August 14, 2014}}</ref>
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'''''God's Not Dead''''' is a 2014 American [[Christian film industry|Christian]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Harold Cronk]] and starring [[Kevin Sorbo]], [[Shane Harper]], [[David A. R. White]], and [[Dean Cain]]. The film was released theatrically on March 21, 2014 by [[Pure Flix Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Stephen |last=Farber |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/gods-not-dead-film-review-690393 |title=God's Not Dead: Film Review |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=March 21, 2014 |accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref>

Written by Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman, and based on Rice {{not a typo|Broocks'}} book ''God's Not Dead: Evidence for God in an Age of Uncertainty'', the film follows a [[Christianity|Christian]] college student (Harper) whose faith is challenged by a philosophy professor (Sorbo) who declares God a pre-scientific fiction. It received mostly negative reviews, but grossed over $62 million on a $2 million budget.<ref name="BOM"/>

The film is followed by the 2016 film ''[[God's Not Dead 2]]'' and the 2018 film ''[[God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness]]''.

==Plot==
Josh Wheaton ([[Shane Harper]]), an evangelical college student, enrolls in a [[philosophy]] class taught by Professor Jeffrey Radisson ([[Kevin Sorbo]]), an [[atheism|atheist]], who demands his students sign a declaration that "God is dead" to pass. Josh is the only student who refuses to sign. Radisson requires Josh to debate the topic with him but agrees to let the class members decide the winner. Josh's girlfriend Kara ([[Cassidy Gifford]]) demands Josh either sign the statement "God is dead" or drop Radisson's class, because standing up to Radisson will jeopardize their academic future. Kara breaks up with Josh for insisting on confessing his belief in God.

Radisson gives Josh twenty minutes at the end of the first three lecture sessions to argue that God exists. In the first session, Josh presents his evidence that God created the universe. In the second session, Josh argues that macroevolution is not as solid of a theory as it is usually presented. In the first two sessions, Radisson has counter-arguments for some of Josh's points. Ultimately, it comes down to the third and final debate between Radisson and Josh, who again both make compelling points. Josh then halts his line of debate to pose a question to Radisson: "Why do you hate God?" After Josh repeats the question twice more, Radisson explodes in rage, confirming he hates God for his mother's death that left him alone despite his prayers. Josh then casually asks Radisson how he can hate someone that does not exist. In the end, Martin (Paul Kwo), a student from China whose father had forbidden him from even talking about God to avoid jeopardizing Martin's brother's chance at overseas study, stands up and says, "God's not dead." Almost the entire class follows Martin's lead, and Radisson leaves the room in defeat.

Radisson dates Mina, an evangelical whom he belittles in front of his fellow atheist colleagues. Her brother Mark ([[Dean Cain]]), a successful businessman and atheist, refuses to visit their mother, who suffers from dementia. Mark's girlfriend Amy is a left-wing blogger who writes articles critical of ''[[Duck Dynasty]]''. When she is diagnosed with cancer, Mark dumps her. A [[Muslim]] student named Ayisha (Hadeel Sittu) secretly converts to Christianity and is disowned by her infuriated father when he finds out.

After the final debate, Josh invites Martin to attend a concert by Christian pop rock group the [[Newsboys]]. Radisson reads a letter from his late mother, and is moved to reconcile with Mina. Amy confronts the Newsboys in their dressing room, only to ask them to help guide her in converting to Christianity. While on his way to find Mina, Radisson is struck by a car and fatally injured. Reverend Dave, who is waiting at the intersection, tends to Radisson and helps him become a Christian as he dies.

The film's main characters all convene at the Newsboys concert, where they play a video clip of [[Willie Robertson]] congratulating Josh. The Newsboys play their song "God's Not Dead", dedicating it to Josh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://godsnotdeadthemovie.com/synopsis|title=GOD'S NOT DEAD - Synopsis|publisher=Milk Money Promotions|website=godsnotdeadthemovie.com|accessdate=July 12, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729165548/http://godsnotdeadthemovie.com/synopsis|archivedate=July 29, 2015}}</ref>

==Cast==
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* [[Shane Harper]] as Josh Wheaton
* [[Kevin Sorbo]] as Professor Jeffery Radisson
* [[David A. R. White]] as Reverend Dave
* Trisha LaFache as Amy Ryan
* Hadeel Sittu as Ayisha
* [[Marco Khan]] as Misrab
* Cory Oliver as Mina
* [[Dean Cain]] as Mark
* Jim Gleason as Ward Wheaton
* Benjamin Onyango as Reverend Jude
* [[Cassidy Gifford]] as Kara
* Paul Kwo as Martin Yip
* [[Newsboys]] as themselves
* [[Willie Robertson]] as himself
* [[Korie Robertson]] as herself
{{div col end}}

==Production==
The film was shot from October to November 2012, in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], with the concert scene done in [[Houston, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Schoen|first=Taylor|title=Christian movie filming on campus|url=http://www.lsureveille.com/entertainment/film/christian-movie-filming-on-campus/article_37b30f32-32d1-11e2-b1d3-0019bb30f31a.html?mode=story|work=[[The Daily Reveille]]|accessdate=August 30, 2013|date=November 12, 2012|publisher=[[Louisiana State University]]|location=[[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]}}</ref>

Russell Wolfe, the CEO of Pure Flix Entertainment, stated that: {{quote|the inspiration behind the setting of the movie dates back a few years ago. I was in a meeting at Pinnacle Forum and [[Alan Sears]] from [[Alliance Defending Freedom]], was speaking. He was speaking about a young girl who was asked to do some things that went against her faith and got in trouble for not doing them. That story put my jaw on the floor and made me think about how many students go to college as a Christian and how few stay a Christian after they finish their four years. It was that story that inspired me to set the movie on a college campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.alliancedefendingfreedom.org/2014/02/14/exclusive-interview-with-gods-not-dead-movie-director/|title=Exclusive Interview With Pure Flix Entertainment for God's Not Dead Movie|date=February 14, 2014|publisher=[[Alliance Defending Freedom]]|accessdate=April 2, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407074950/http://blog.alliancedefendingfreedom.org/2014/02/14/exclusive-interview-with-gods-not-dead-movie-director/|archivedate=April 7, 2014}}</ref>}}The film soundtrack was released on March 3, 2014, by [[Inpop Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gods-not-dead-motion-picture/id816974430|title=God's Not Dead (The Motion Picture Soundtrack)|publisher=iTunes|accessdate=December 5, 2016}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
The film became a surprise success at the box office. In its first weekend of release, the film earned $8.6 million from 780 theaters, causing ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'''s Adam Markovitz to refer to it as "the biggest surprise of the weekend".<ref>{{cite web|last=Highfill |first=Samantha |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/03/23/box-office-report-divergent/ |title=Box office report: 'Divergent' heads straight for $56 million win | Inside Movies | EW.com |publisher=Insidemovies.ew.com |date=March 23, 2014 |accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref> During that week, it finished third behind ''[[Divergent (film)|Divergent]]'' and ''[[Muppets Most Wanted]]'' in the box office, with $9.2 million.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Brevet|first1=Brad|title=Weekend Box Office: Breaking Down ‘Divergent’ at #1, ‘Muppets 2’ is Weak & ‘God’s Not Dead’ Surprises|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/590031-weekend-box-office-divergent-1-muppets-2-opens-weak-gods-dead-surprises|publisher=[[ComingSoon.net]]|accessdate=March 23, 2014}}</ref>

The film began its international roll out in Mexico on April 4, 2014, where the movie grossed $89,021 its opening weekend. ''God's Not Dead'' grossed $60.8 million in North America and $3.9 million in other territories for a total of $64.7 million, against a budget of $2 million.<ref name= "BOM"/> At the end of 2014, ''God's Not Dead'' was ranked 93rd in terms of worldwide gross, and finished with $64.7 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2014 Worldwide Grosses |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2014|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|year=2014}}</ref>

===Critical reception===

On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film received a rating of 15%, based on 20 reviews, with an average rating of 2.8/10.<ref name=rotten>Rotten Tomatoes, "[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gods_not_dead/ God's Not Dead]". Accessed April 17, 2014.</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film received a score of 16 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".<ref name=meta>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/gods-not-dead |title=God's Not Dead Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |date= |accessdate=October 12, 2014}}</ref>

Writing for ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', Todd Van Der Werff gave the film a "D–," saying, "Even by the rather lax standards of the Christian film industry, ''God's Not Dead'' is a disaster. It's an uninspired amble past a variety of Christian-email-forward [[bogeymen]] that feels far too long at just 113 minutes".<ref name=av>{{cite web|first1=Todd|last1=Van Der Werff |url=http://www.avclub.com/review/gods-not-dead-mess-even-christian-film-standards-202571 |title=God's Not Dead is a mess even by Christian film standards|publisher=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=March 24, 2014 |accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref> Reviewer Scott Foundas of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote "...even grading on a generous curve, this strident melodrama about the insidious efforts of America's university system to silence true believers on campus is about as subtle as a stack of Bibles falling on your head...."<ref name=variety>{{cite web|last1=Foundas|first1=Scott |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-gods-not-dead-1201142881 |title='God's Not Dead' Review: A Ham-Fisted Christian Melodrama |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 22, 2014 |accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref> Some sources and blogs have cited the film's similarities to a popular [[urban legend]]. The basic premise of an evangelical student debating with an atheist professor and winning in front of the class (who then applauds) has been the subject of a popular [[Chick tract]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Seemayer|first1=Zach|title='Noah' Washes Away Competition At The Box Office|url=http://www.etonline.com/movies/144928_Noah_Washes_Away_Competition_At_The_Box_Office/|work=[[ETonline.com]]|date=March 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Noble|first1=Alan|title="God's Not Dead," But this Trope Is|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christandpopculture/2013/10/gods-not-dead-but-this-trope-is/|website=[[Patheos]]|date=October 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Mehta|first1=Hemant|authorlink1=Hemant Mehta|title=If an anti-atheist story on Snopes were made into a film, it'd be this one|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/09/10/if-an-anti-atheist-story-on-snopes-were-made-into-a-film-itd-be-this-one/|website=[[Patheos]]|date=September 10, 2013}}</ref>

===Evangelical and Roman Catholic response===

The [[Alliance Defending Freedom]], [[American Heritage Girls]], Faith Driven Consumer, Denison Forum on Truth and Culture, [[Trevecca Nazarene University]], [[The Dove Foundation]] and Ratio Christi have all endorsed the film.<ref name="Endorsements">{{cite web|url=http://godsnotdeadthemovie.com/endorsements|title=God's Not Dead – Endorsements|publisher=Pure Flix Entertainment|accessdate=April 1, 2014}}</ref>

On the other hand, the [[young Earth]] [[creationist apologetics]] ministry, [[Answers in Genesis]], would not endorse the film because of the promotion of several elements which they deemed to be "unbiblical".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://answersingenesis.org/reviews/movies/gods-not-dead-movie-review/|title=God's Not Dead Movie Review|last=Patterson|first=Roger|publisher=Answers in Genesis |date=February 25, 2014 |accessdate=August 30, 2014}}</ref>

Dave Hartline of ''The American Catholic'' gave ''God's Not Dead'' a positive review and hoped that other films like it will follow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://the-american-catholic.com/2014/03/30/gods-not-dead-theres-something-happening-here/|title=God's not dead; There's something happening here|publisher=American Catholic|accessdate=April 2, 2014|quote=Slowly but surely with movies like God's Not Dead, others will follow, and the old secular guard will not like it and force us to endure some trials and tribulations.}}</ref> Nick Olszyk of ''[[Ignatius Press|Catholic World Report]]'' gave it his highest rating of five reels, calling the film "a tremendously entertaining film that leads to God, not in addition to its quality but through its quality."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/3050/crash_meets_mere_christianity.aspx|title= Crash Meets Mere Christianity|last=Olszyk|first=Nick|publisher=Catholic World Report|accessdate=April 4, 2014}}</ref> Vincent Funaro of ''[[The Christian Post]]'' praised the film for being "a hit for believers and may even appeal to skeptics searching for answers."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://global.christianpost.com/news/gods-not-dead-review-encouragement-for-believers-facing-secular-hosility-118316/#JcYotb4HaDyL36Yf.99|title='God's Not Dead' Review: Encouragement for Believers Facing Secular Hostility|last=Funaro|first=Vincent|publisher=The Christian Post|accessdate=August 5, 2014}}</ref>

Evangelical [[Michael Gerson]], however, was highly critical of the film and its message, writing "The main problem with ''God's Not Dead'' is not its cosmology or ethics but its anthropology. It assumes that human beings are made out of cardboard. Academics are arrogant and cruel. Liberal bloggers are preening and snarky. Unbelievers disbelieve because of personal demons. It is characterization by caricature."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-gerson-noah-gods-not-dead-are-movies-lacking-grace/2014/03/31/6a57b63e-b8ec-11e3-899e-bb708e3539dd_story.html|title=Michael Gerson: 'Noah,' 'God's Not Dead' are movies lacking grace – The Washington Post|last=Gerson|first=Michael|date=March 21, 2014|work=[[The Washington Post]]|publisher=The Washington Post|accessdate=April 2, 2014}}</ref> John Mulderig echoed similar concerns in his review for the [[Catholic News Service]], stating: "There might be the kernel of an intriguing documentary buried within director Harold Cronk's stacked-deck drama, given the extent of real-life academic hostility toward religion. But even faith-filled moviegoers will sense the claustrophobia of the echo chamber within which this largely unrealistic picture unfolds."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/movies/14mv038.htm|title= God's Not Dead|last=Mulderig|first=John|publisher=[[Catholic News Service]]|accessdate=April 2, 2014}}</ref>

Writing for ''Christian Reviews'', Roger Patterson of [[Answers in Genesis]] gave the film 3 1/2 out of 5 stars and noted that "clichés die hard", but concluded that "an astute and mature Christian can use the film as a teaching opportunity".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2014/godsnotdead2014.html|title=God's Not Dead (2014) |last=Patterson |first=Roger |website=Christian Reviews |access-date=January 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Sequels==
Pure Flix Entertainment produced a sequel, ''[[God's Not Dead 2]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.charismanews.com/culture/45859-god-s-not-dead-2-getting-ready-to-rock-atheists-world|title='God's Not Dead 2' Getting Ready to Rock Atheists' World|work=[[Charisma News]]|accessdate=July 12, 2015|date=October 22, 2014}}</ref> with a release date of April 1, 2016,<ref>{{cite web|first=Jomar|last=Endriga|url=http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/58826/20151017/gods-not-dead-2-teaser-trailer-released-in-time-for-woodlawn-movie-nfl-star-tim-tebow-comments-on-woodlawn-sneak-peek.htm|title=God's Not Dead 2 Teaser Trailer Released in Time for Woodlawn Movie; NFL Star Tim Tebow Comments on Woodlawn Sneak Peek|work=The Gospel Herald|accessdate=October 19, 2015|date=October 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://godsnotdeadthemovie.com/blog/gods-not-dead-2-coming-april-1-2016/|title=God's Not Dead 2: Coming April 1, 2016|work=God's Not Dead Blog|accessdate=October 19, 2015|date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> several days after Easter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/1morefilmblog/pureflix-sets-release-date-for-gods-not-dead-2-he-is-surely-alive/|title=Pureflix Sets Release Date for God's Not Dead 2: He is Surely Alive|work=1More Film Blog|accessdate=October 19, 2015|date=July 8, 2015|first=Kenneth R.|last=Morefield}}</ref> A third ''God's Not Dead'' film, ''[[God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness]]'', came out on March 30, 2018.<ref name="GND3">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/mark-judge/confirmed-gods-not-dead-3|title=Confirmed: There Will be a ‘God’s Not Dead 3’|work=[[CNSNews.com]]|first=Mark|last=Judge|date=October 27, 2016}} Retrieved November 2016</ref><ref>{{Rotten Tomatoes|gods_not_dead_a_light_in_darkness|God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)}}. Retrieved January 14, 2018.</ref>

==References==
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* {{IMDb title|2528814|God's Not Dead}}

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'''Vox''' is an American news and opinion website owned by [[Vox Media]]. The website was founded in 2014 by Melissa Bell and [[Ezra Klein]]. Vox is noted for its concept of explanatory journalism and its use of "card stacks" that define terms and provide context within an article. The website is generally considered to have a [[Liberalism in the United States|politically liberal]] perspective.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/312570-obama-pence-in-obamacare-showdown|title=Obama, Pence in ObamaCare showdown|last=Swanson|first=Ian|date=January 4, 2017|work=TheHill|access-date=April 3, 2017}}</ref>

== History ==
[[Ezra Klein]] left ''[[The Washington Post]]'' in January 2014 for a position with [[Vox Media]], the publishers of the sports website ''[[SB Nation]]'', technology website ''[[The Verge]]'', and video gaming website ''[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]''.<ref name="NYT: joining Vox"/> ''[[The New York Times]]'' described Vox Media as "a technology company that produces media" rather than its inverse, associated with "Old Media".<ref name="NYT: joining Vox"/> Klein expected to "improve the technology of news" and build an online platform better equipped for making news understandable.<ref name="NYT: joining Vox"/> The new site's 20-person staff was chosen for their expertise in topic areas and included ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''{{'s}} [[Matthew Yglesias]], Melissa Bell, and Klein's colleagues from ''The Washington Post''.<ref name="NYT: joining Vox"/><ref name="CJR">[http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/voxcom_is_going_to_be_a_great_test_ezra_klein_critique_journalism.php Vox.com is going to be a great test of Ezra Klein’s critique of journalism], ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'' (April 7, 2014).</ref>

''Vox'' launched in early April 2014 with Klein as its editor-in-chief. His opening [[editorial]] essay, "How politics makes us stupid", explained his distress about political polarization in the context of [[Yale Law School]] professor [[Dan Kahan]]'s theories on how people protect themselves from information that conflicts with their core beliefs.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2014/04/journalism-and-democracy|title=Ezra Klein's strangled Vox|date=April 11, 2014|newspaper=The Economist|issn=0013-0613|access-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref>

In June 2016, Vox suspended contributor [[Emmett Rensin]] for a series of tweets calling for anti-Trump [[riots]], including one on June 3, 2016 that urged, "If Trump comes to your town, start a riot." The tweets drew attention after violent [[Protests of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|anti-Trump protests]] took place in [[San Jose, California]] on the day of Rensin's tweet.<ref name="ByersSuspended">{{cite news|url=http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/03/media/vox-editor-suspended-trump-riots/index.html|title=Vox suspends editor for encouraging riots at Donald Trump rallies|date=June 3, 2016|publisher=CNN|last1=Byers|first1=Dylan|accessdate=June 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name="CalledForRiots">{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trailguide-vox-suspends-editor-1464984232-htmlstory.html|title=Vox suspends editor who called for anti-Trump riots|date=June 3, 2016|publisher=Los Angeles Times|last1=Halper|first1=Evan|accessdate=June 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/emmettrensin/status/738583628855156742|title=Advice: If Trump comes to your town, start a riot.|date=June 2, 2016|type=[[Twitter]] post|accessdate=June 2, 2016|author=Emmett Rensin [emmettrensin]}}</ref><ref name="Wemple">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/06/03/what-will-a-suspension-do-for-a-vox-editor-who-urged-anti-trump-riots/|title=What will a suspension do for a Vox editor who urged anti-Trump riots?|date=June 3, 2016|publisher=Washington Post|last1=Wemple|first1=Eric|accessdate=June 5, 2016}}</ref> [[Elizabeth Plank]] was hired in 2016 as a political correspondent.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vox-snags-mics-elizabeth-plank-871624 |title=Vox Snags Mic's Elizabeth Plank for Election Coverage |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=2016-03-01 |accessdate=2017-06-24 }}</ref>

== Content ==
In order to reuse work from authors prior to the relaunch in 2014, ''Vox'' creates "card stacks" in bright "canary yellow" that provide context and define terms within an article. The cards are perpetually maintained as a form of "wiki page written by one person with a little attitude".<ref name="NYT: melding"/> As an example, a card about the term "insurance exchange" may be reused on stories about the [[Affordable Care Act]].<ref name="NYT: melding"/>

The site uses Vox Media's Chorus [[content management system]], which enables journalists to easily create articles with complex visual effects and transitions, such as photos that change as the reader scrolls.<ref name="NYT: melding"/> Vox Media's properties target educated households with six-figure incomes and a head of house less than 35 years old.<ref name="NYT: melding"/>

== YouTube ==
Vox has a YouTube channel by the same name where they regularly post videos on news and informational subjects since 2014. These videos are accompanied by an article on their website. The themes covered in the videos are usually similar to the themes covered in the regular, written articles on the website.

The channel has over 2.6 million subscribers and over 548 million views as of July 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom/about|title=Vox Channel About Page|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

Content surrounds both current affairs, timeline of certain events and interesting facts.

== Reception ==
In March 2014, before it had officially launched, Vox was criticized by [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] media commentators, including [[Erick Erickson]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/ezra-kleins-vox-is-already-being-labeled-left-wing-propaganda-by-conservatives/359709/|title=Ezra Klein's Vox Is Already Being Labeled 'Left-Wing Propaganda' by Conservatives|last=Cosman|first=Ben|newspaper=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref>

The website's launch received significant media attention.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailydot.com/news/vox-explains-it-all/|title=How Vox is going to make its way to the top|date=April 7, 2014|newspaper=The Daily Dot|access-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref> Websites noted that the launch came around the same time as other data and explainer websites like [[FiveThirtyEight]] and the ''New York Times''{{'}} The Upshot.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/22/upshot-vox-fivethirtyeight-data-journalism-golden-age|title=The Upshot, Vox and FiveThirtyEight: data journalism's golden age, or TMI?|date=April 22, 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/04/07/klein-launches-vox/7420053/|title=Ezra Klein launches news site Vox.com|newspaper=USA TODAY|access-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref> Vox was described as using "[[Upworthy]]" style headlines to enhance shareability and to act as a "Wikipedia for ongoing news stories."<ref name=":5" />

Shortly after it launched, conservative writer [[David Harsanyi]] <nowiki/>criticized the site's concept of "explanatory journalism" in an article in ''[[The Federalist (website)|The Federalist]]'' titled "How Vox makes us stupid", arguing that the website selectively chose facts, and that "explanatory journalism" inherently leaves out opposing viewpoints and different perspectives.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://thefederalist.com/2014/04/08/how-vox-makes-us-stupid/|title=How Vox makes us stupid|last=Politics|access-date=March 17, 2016}}</ref> Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry at ''[[The Week]]'' argued that the website produced "partisan commentary in question-and-answer disguise" and criticized the site for having a "starting lineup [that] was mostly made up of ideological liberals."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://theweek.com/articles/445880/vox-derp-intellectual-stagnation-left|title=Vox, derp, and the intellectual stagnation of the left|website=[[The Week]]|access-date=March 17, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Week]]''<nowiki/>'s Ryu Spaeth described the site's operations as, "It essentially takes the news (in other words, what is happening in the world at any given moment in time) and frames it in a way that appeals to its young, liberal audience."<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|author=Ryu Spaeth|url=http://theweek.com/articles/567586/gawker-meltdown-voxification-news-media|title=The Gawker meltdown and the Vox-ification of the news media|date=July 21, 2015|access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref><nowiki/>

''[[The Economist]]'', commenting on Klein's launching essay "How politics makes us stupid," said the website was "bright and promising" and the premise behind the site was "profoundly honourable," and positively compared the site's mission to [[John Keats]]'s [[negative capability]].<ref name=":4" />

''[[The New York Times]]''{{'s}} [[David Carr (journalist)|David Carr]] associated Klein's exit for ''Vox'' with other "big-name journalists" leaving newspapers for digital start-ups, such as [[Walter Mossberg]] and [[Kara Swisher]] (''[[Re/code]]''), [[David Pogue]], and [[Nate Silver]].<ref name="NYT: joining Vox" />

In December 2014, the website [[Deadspin]] wrote a post listing each time Vox ran a correction for a factual error in an article.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/46-times-vox-totally-fucked-up-a-story-1673835447|title=46 Times Vox Totally Fucked Up A Story|last=Draper|first=Kevin|newspaper=The Concourse|language=en-US|access-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref> In ''[[The Washington Times]],'' journalist [[Christopher J. Harper]] criticized the site for numerous reporting mistakes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/7/christopher-harper-vox-news-website-needs-to-take-/?page=all|title=Vox news website needs to take serious look at how it ‘reinvents’ journalism|last=Harper|first=Christopher|date=January 7, 2015|website=The Washingtion Times|publisher=|access-date=March 17, 2016}}</ref>

In 2015, the [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]] presented Julia Belluz the Robert B. Balles Prize for Critical Thinking for her work on Vox. "We need more people in the media doing what Julia Bellux does ..."<ref name="Sept-Oct Issue">{{cite journal|last1=Fidalgo|first1=Paul|title=CSI's Balles Prize in Critical Thinking Awarded to Julia Belluz of Vox.com|journal=Skeptical Inquirer|date=2016|volume=40|issue=5|page=6}}</ref>

==Readership==
In June 2015, Vox had 54.1 million unique visitors, of which 41% were between the ages of 18 and 34, according to comScore Inc.<ref name="wsjvox">Alpert, Lukas I. [https://blogs.wsj.com/cmo/2015/08/12/comcast-invests-200-million-in-vox-media-valuing-digital-media-firm-at-1-billion/ Comcast Invests $200 Million in Vox Media]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. August 12, 2015. Accessed on 2016-06-26.</ref>

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<ref name="NYT: melding">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/business/media/voxcom-takes-melding-of-journalism-and-technology-to-next-level.html?_r=0 |accessdate=December 26, 2014 |title=Vox Takes Melding of Journalism and Technology to a New Level |last1=Kaufman |first1=Leslie |date=April 6, 2014 |work=The New York Times |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6V7lIdtpR |archivedate=December 26, 2014 |deadurl=no }}</ref>

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