Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire Now Totally Automated

Regarding the rise of publicist culture, and the death of reporting jobs, comes the news this morning that some time ago the Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire became no longer administered by an actual live person on the phone or in person—but is instead delivered in print form to a celebrity's representative. Most likely via the tawdry communication form called "email." This news was revealed in an equally hard-hitting interview of Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter by Matt Lauer this morning, on the occasion of the arrival of a collection of the Questionnaires in book form.