Some actual proper reporting from inside Ukraine
from Vice of all people. I was as shocked as you are. They have a russian speaking reporter on the ground who's doing a good job of interviewing ringleaders and generally being 'where the action is'.
This links to the 23rd report in the series, it's from about 4 days ago (I haven't watched the ones before this), but the playlist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw613M86o5o5zqF6WJR8zuC7Uwyv76h7R
I must have been on holiday when Vice got in to serious reporting.
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JeremyBeadlesHands, Fri 18 Apr 2014, 15:01,
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Great find thanks.
The Vice brand image baffles me. Having serious, good quality news reporting next to hipsterish wank and yet somehow making it successful. Maybe it's a generational thing.
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vice popularity
yes, i agree, something about vice makes my gut hurt
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DannyJock Have a great day!, Fri 18 Apr 2014, 16:28,
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If it does kick off then there'll be some great vids on youtube.
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VICE has been doing excellent reporting for years.
Yeah, it's a bit hipsterish but it is appealing to younger generations. They got Dennis Rodman into North Korea, made a great piece called Agafia's Taifa Life about a reclouse Russian family and strongly recommend watching the VICE Guide to Travel series for everything from them trying to buy dirty bombs to covering the Polish/Russian vodka wars. Their close to the action international reporting is like what 60 Minutes used to be before the old guard died off and they turned it into shit.
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DerKommissar Look how much fun we're having!, Sat 19 Apr 2014, 13:31,
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