 Her defenders have called criticism sexist. "Powerful women in the media always get inspected more thoroughly than their male counterparts," said The New York Times in a piece about Wintour shortly after The Devil Wears Prada's release. When she took over at Vogue, gossip columnist Liz Smith reported rumours she had gotten the job through an affair with Si Newhouse. A reportedly furious Wintour made her anger the subject of one of her first staff meetings. She still complained about it when accepting a media award in 2002.
