Vox populi Vox populi American television personality Steve Allen as the host of "The Tonight Show" further developed the "man on the street" interviews and audience-participation comedy breaks that have become commonplace on late-night TV. Usually the interviewees are shown in public places, and supposed to be giving spontaneous opinions in a chance encounter – unrehearsed persons, not selected in any way. As such, journalists almost always refer to them as the abbreviated "vox pop". In U.S. broadcast journalism it is often referred to as a man on the street interview or MOTS. The results of such an interview are unpredictable at
Vox (website) categories. "Vox" takes a liberal-leaning editorial stance. "The New York Times" columnist Ross Douthat, writing in 2016, described "Vox" as "mostly liberal". In March 2014, before it had officially launched, "Vox" was criticized by conservative media commentators, including Erick Erickson, for a video it had published. The website's launch received significant media attention. 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. "Vox" was described as using clickbait-style headlines to enhance shareability and to act as a "Wikipedia for ongoing news stories". Shortly after