• fujiwood
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    I remember when Vice was “bleeding-edge-unwavering-unapologetic-raw-insert-other-catchy-adjective news! The stories no one else has the genitals to cover!”

    I never personally thought that but I’m pretty sure that’s what they wanted other people to think.

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      I remember when Vice didn’t even pretend to be news. They were just a free edgelord lifestyle magazine. Those were the days.

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        I still thought that. No idea they were ever considered a legitimate news medium.

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          I didn’t mean to imply they were ever a legitimate news medium. I’m just saying originally they didn’t even pretend to be news.

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            I didn’t mean to imply they were ever a legitimate news medium.

            i know 🙂

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    Maybe for profit journalism isn’t the best model. Anyone have a solution?

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        Got my mug and bumper sticker, still waiting on my tote.

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          NPR gets almost no funding from the US government and regularly runs stories critical of said government. What are you talking about?

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            Lol it’s almost never critical of the US government. It will be critical of certain politicians and policies but rarely will they criticize the US foreign policy. Unless you consider puff pieces like this one for the CIA news you should seriously consider using other sources for foreign policy news.