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i used to like Vice. its series on Russia's "Green men" taking over Crimea was excellent. Vice went downhill after 2014

• vlozko 3y ago
  Yes, it was some of the best reporting in the conflict by Simon Ostrovsky who’s now at PBS (https://www.simonostrovsky.com/ https://www.simonostrovsky.com/). His material and access to people from both sides of the conflict was without equal.
• rasz 3y ago
  Now they run errands for war criminals https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bdva/maria-lvova-belova-interview https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bdva/maria-lvova-belova-in...
  • reducesuffering 3y ago
    How are they running errands? In that interview, Isobel is right up to the line of the questions and tone a journalist in Moscow is able to ask without ending up in prison. And despite Maria preparing for it, the interview further illuminates the truth that Maria is full of shit, coming off terrible and deflecting.
    • rasz 3y ago
      https://twitter.com/BadBalticTakes/status/1653314587649884163 https://twitter.com/BadBalticTakes/status/165331458764988416... - original article called Crimea russian territory - softball questions - letting war criminal spew propaganda - questioning if any crime happened at all
      • skinnymuch 3y ago
        Yeah Crimea isn’t Russian territory. Thank you for understanding why imperialism and colonialism is wrong. It’s so annoying when Global North people think occupied stolen land is fine!! Some people still to this day believe Hawaii and Puerto Rico and every other territory the US holds is American territory like Crimea is Russian. Thank you so much for understanding the point isn’t to single out Russia. It’s to see how the entire Global North thrives by less violently colonizing and stealing resources, people, and territory from the rest of the world.