VICE X HBO
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- ukit20
The "extreme" and sensationalist aspect of it is geared at a certain audience, but when you get down to it, it's basically the same thing as 60 Minutes or PBS. People going somewhere and filming stuff, talking about it, etc
- 60 mins actually investigates and stuffuuuuuu
- They both give you a first person perspective on stories. Not the be all end all but it has it's place.ukit2
- they aren't even comparableuuuuuu
- http://www.cbsnews.c…ukit2
- < Is that really so different from what VICE does?:)ukit2
- well no but i was thinking of the traditional serious 60 mins. seems they have brought themselves down to Vice's leveluuuuuu
- mg330
The decline in "real journalism" certainly has to do with the instant access we have to everything on the web and the ease with which information is created. There's probably so little that can actually be discovered that nobody knows about. I think journalism has shifted to reporting, and curation of reporting and information related to it. Nobody has to go to a country anymore and learn about the politics there, or the military, or the culture. It's all on Wikipedia.
- falseantagonlsta
- it's not that organization don't have to conduct "real journalism", it's just cheaper to crowdsource.antagonlsta
- uuuuuu0
There is way more that needs to be covered these days simply because of the pace of information. A great way of hiding reality is to wash over it with an excess of irrelevant info bits, its a tactic of propaganda actually.
- mikotondria30
The day that I can watch a program called 'Monster Trucks On Acid', that involves a real human taking acid, going to watch a monster truck rally, then trying to report the results is a great day in my tawdry, low-balling little book, and I'll be a happy, fat, middle-aged old man.
- dude you should just do it yourself!scarabin
- Why not taking acid and participating in the rally? I'd watch that.ukit2
- ha, 20 years too late for that sort of fun.mikotondria3
- robotron3k0
Vice is like go-pro journalism+sillyness, it's def cool they are going to broadcast the online adventures, they are priceless.
- robotron3k0
I wonder if their agency is handling their social media and pr?? http://www.virtueworldwide.com
- inteliboy0
vice is like banksy, everyone needs a opinion on this shit rather than just enjoying it.
- uuuuuu0
yeah fuck thinking critically about the world we want to be ENTERTAINED and told its journalism !!!!!!!
- dbloc0
The are plenty of news outlets. I don't think Vice is claiming to be one. They are just exploring the world and filming it as they do.
- necromation0
CUNT TV
- uuuuuu0
I disagree dbloc, Vice is claiming to be documentary journalism and is being presented and promoted as that. But really when it comes down to it they just go out and find stuff for the "fucked up" factor and they treat the people of these places like a freak show.
- moldero0
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they did good with Narco cinema. then again they had too. aint nowhere to run from these guys.
- instrmntl0
I did like their episode on Devil's Breath. But yeah, most of their news is like he this place/people/thing is fucked up and we're like totally here filming it.
- And the report on the plastic in the Pacific Ocean has stuck with me as well.instrmntl
- inteliboy0
Agreed. But what is the problem with that? The are doing what they are doing and that is their schtick.
- georgesIII0
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A true story of two montreal drug addicted, heroine shooting, crack smoking gonzo journalist making it big in the US of A
- Llyod0
that guy does seem like he uses some drug
- ukit20
So did anyone actually watch it?