• Silverseren@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s sad that Vice turned out this way. I remember back when they were big on the investigative journalism and cracked a bunch of important incidents.

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      1 year ago

      Before that they were a shitty, edgelord, hipster rag i used to pick up for free in NYC in the 90s. I remember when the “Dos and Don’t” section was cringey borderline racist and rape jabs. I picked up the Appalachia issue expecting to read cousin fucking quips and being shocked that it was so sympathetic with no cheap shots.

      I’d be willing to bet that was the result of getting rid of McInnes.

      They had quite the arc

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      1 year ago

      it’s awesome, and they also have a nice rss feed and podcast, might look at subscribing

  • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Good! Shit I really hate that Vice is having issues. Their corporate owners are really unfair about how Vice makes money, and as a fan it’s been really difficult actually to get them paid, unlike say the NY Times which will tell you to pay for this that and everything just for reading 2 articles.

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    1 year ago

    Vice mostly sucks because it’s over-edited garbage.

    They should just fire their editors and focus on getting good stories and footage. Fuck the sensationalist nature of their productions.

    Always tired of that stupid music, too.

    Really just a waste of money.

  • miketunes_@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I miss vice news tonight, though I preferred it when it was on HBO. The 30 min format was better, I loved the musician interviews, was a great balance with the more investigative stories.

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    1 year ago

    It was depressing to see their fall from excellent independent journalism to whatever this is. They jumped feet first into the culture wars and completely abandoned journalism.

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      1 year ago

      Hmm, let’s take a look.

      Get to Know the Memes of the Alt-Right and Never Miss a Dog-Whistle Again

      Seventy years later and Nazis still haven’t figured out how to be funny.

      To be fair, educating yourself on what right wing nutters are doing these days, how they communicate and how they try to brainwash our kids into joining their cult of evil is pretty damn useful journalism.

      Sure, they’re not reporting from the front lines of Russia’s Ukraine invasion, but it still has merit.