I think something similar happened with Vox Media, where it started with cutting edge presentation and neutral exploration, but ultimately devolved into near to

I think something similar happened with Vox Media, where it started with cutting edge presentation and neutral exploration, but ultimately devolved into near total bias in story selection, sources (which research they call out versus which they leave out), and perspective. Unlike Vice they might actually be fine though, because I think Vox's readers seek out that far left bias, whereas Vice's customers were more mixed. That said, I am largely basing this based on my anecdotal experience and speculating about the overall readership of these publications.