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Vice Magazine

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op14
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Anyone here read Vice Magazine? I feel as though the amount of people who read it in my age group is limited yet I'm a huge fan. Just wanna see what NS says.
Jan 26 2014 9:46PM
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whoa-dere
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Jan 26 2014 9:47PM
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alex=
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I dont read it but I read VICE news online. I applied for an internship there.
Jan 26 2014 9:47PM
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op14
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Online or Magazine its close to the same thing but that's cool you applied
Jan 26 2014 9:48PM
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WavyHairDon
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never really read any of the news but the youtube channel has some sick documentaries
Jan 26 2014 9:55PM
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ALMIGHTYSOSA
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Vice is the best! That would be such a great opportunity if you got do a internship with them.
Jan 26 2014 10:02PM
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alex=
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There wasn't a distinction. I emailed a resume to their Brooklyn office. I can write in my opinion, but the opportunity would be awesome.
Jan 26 2014 10:04PM
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Laurent.
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Many of their documentaries are overly-sensational, show a tenuous uninformed grasp of the situations/backgrounds that they are documenting and in some cases are plain insulting and exploitative. They are often more interested in the experiences of the "journalist" as opposed to the actual situations. They should call them investigative travelogues.
Jan 27 2014 3:55AM
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Phil-X-
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like the drug guy who is usually so fucked up he doesnt know what hes doing. It would be pretty amazing if some really good journalists were given the same opportunities as half of them. So many are uncultured too, I feel like they don't know how to act around local people
Jan 27 2014 4:34AM
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LiquorLanch
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I feel as though many of their documentaries are really interesting to watch, but the articles on the website are usually just complete trash and not worth reading. Especially ones involving politics.
Jan 27 2014 2:05PM
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HuckNorris44
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^ This. They have awesome videos. Lots of things from parts of the world you never really hear about in the mainstream news. The HBO series was well done also. Stories are not very good and can be somewhat boring and hard to get through.
Jan 27 2014 2:08PM
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KingGeedorah
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I still hate their article trashing Phish.
Jan 27 2014 5:30PM
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Halo1junkie
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Vice is the shit. So many sick docs
Jan 27 2014 6:16PM
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Phil-X-
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link?
Jan 27 2014 6:30PM
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Kazabazua
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Woah what's vice magazine, is that some sort of wood working book?
Jan 27 2014 6:54PM
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HitTheJim
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http://www.vice.com/read/i-survived-a-phish-show not sure if this is what he was referring to it, but it's a vice article about phish
Jan 27 2014 7:02PM
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shibby
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i agree but its still super entertaining and is basically gonzo journalism. im personally a fan of it.

the website articles are usually shite though.
Jan 27 2014 11:05PM
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louie.mirags
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Whatever you call it they are definitely interesting and I usually learn shit I didn't know before watching.
Jan 27 2014 11:24PM
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Laurent.
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But it seems to me they are more pre-occupied with the act of performing gonzo journalism instead of actual gonzo journalism. And whilst they can surely be entertaining I just hope no one uses their 'documentaries' as a legitimate source of information.
Jan 28 2014 2:29AM
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Rosbif
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Could you provide examples of your criticisms? I personally like vice, it's certainly not my only source of news, but it frequently has a different perspective to other sites and I generally enjoy their somewhat irrevent style.
Jan 28 2014 6:59AM
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louie.mirags
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What legitimate source do you speak of?
Jan 28 2014 2:29PM
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Antwoin_Richards
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I would say this is pretty on point.

A lot of their interviews and journalism are purely based on some random "informant" claiming this or that without any factual solidity to back up their claims.
Jan 28 2014 3:55PM
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Algebra
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CRATE DIGGERS
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XL3ENrZwjmw
Jan 28 2014 6:29PM
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KingGeedorah
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http://noisey.vice.com/blog/phish-has-been-a-band-for-thirty-years-now-and-they-have-sucked-the-whole-time It was actually noisey, which is owned by vice.
Jan 28 2014 9:34PM
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cheener12
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epicly later'd!
Jan 28 2014 10:16PM
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Wulfty
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Their North Korea vids are pretty sweet
Jan 28 2014 10:26PM
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_DUSTY_
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Vice has very poor journalism, from very questionable "facts" from "experts" to an exceptionally poor reputation for having an extreme bias in almost every one of their articles. I truly hope everyone who reads anything they put out to understand it is about as fact worthy as a fiction novel.
Jan 29 2014 12:21AM
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uyghur
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north korea documentary is crazy, the munchies series is 10/10
vice is a-ok in my book
Jan 29 2014 1:13AM
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