On “Follow the Money”: I’m not even sure I get your point. You bring up Rupert Murdoch and how he invested in VICE and then say nothing about it, just passive aggressively insinuate that he has some sort of editorial control.
“Dabbling in punk music led to encounters with some scary skinhead types.” What a massive load of shit. Don’t malign the entire punk community with your vague and baseless claim that the punk scene has a bunch of neo-Nazi skinheads running around in it. Every punk scene in every city I have been in is vehemently anti-Nazi, anti-fascist, anti-homophobic, etc. Suggesting that it openly welcomes neo-Nazis is just bullshit.
And what do you even mean with, “If politics on CNN are sport, on VICE they’re porn.”? This is one of those things that sounds clever, but really doesn’t mean a fucking thing. What, VICE does politics more “full frontal” than CNN? Or are you suggesting they exploit politics for ratings?
Sorry if it’s harsh, but I just found this whole piece to be a bunch of half-cocked, bullshit insinuations with no rationale or supporting evidence.