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Making Sense of Tinder and the Dating Apocalypse

The September issue of Vanity Fair magazine includes a story called “Tinder and the Dawn of the Dating Apocalypse.”
It suggests the popular dating app Tinder is little more than a facilitator for casual sex.
Tinder issued a rapid succession of 30 Tweets in its own defense, and The New York Times picked up on the battle. We talk with The Poynter Institute's Kelly McBride about the coverage and whether the VF author should have requested an interview with Tinder before publishing her article.

To see Vanity Fair's video on seniors using Tinder for the first time, click here

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