You know, Vice had some genuinely great and groundbreaking journalism when it started out. I don't know if that was pure luck, or whether it started out as its

You know, Vice had some genuinely great and groundbreaking journalism when it started out. I don't know if that was pure luck, or whether it started out as its best self and then regressed to the mean. On the other hand, Slate started out mediocre and has butt-scooted along the ground for decades, while Vox and HuffPo were just trash from day one. We lost something that could have been of value with Vice, even if we lost it a long time ago. But with the others, good riddance.