You have a lot of companies developing stuff that’s just derivative. If ‘The Voice’ is the No. 1 show on TV, they say, ‘Let’s do 100 different versions of ‘The Voice.’ The problem is, by the time you get to market, it’s already saturated, and everybody hates the format. Shane Smith Read Quote
My last passport, I had North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Liberia, Guinea… I had, like, every war-torn country in there. Shane Smith Read Quote
A lot of what happens in the world is full-on crazy and doesn’t get reported on. Shane Smith Read Quote
American media has just become talk radio, incredibly partisan name-calling and op-eds. I think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan proved it has completely failed to act as an effective fourth estate. And young people didn’t sleep through that, as is widely believed; they learned instead not to trust what they were being told. Shane Smith Read Quote
I think that Twitter and YT and blogs are keeping media more honest. Everyone can be a journalist now. Everyone is a fact checker. Shane Smith Read Quote
I never thought we had a chance of impacting anything. I am just starting to realize that we can change things – not just VICE, but all of us. In fact, we have to. Shane Smith Read Quote
If not doing VICE, I probably would be selling Cokes on the beach in Vietnam. I like the sea. Shane Smith Read Quote
Advertisers realize that Gen Y is the largest purchasing cohort. Also, that you’re going to have to accept some different modes of thinking if you’re going to get to them. Shane Smith Read Quote
I came to America from Canada because Canada is stultifyingly boring and incredibly hypocritical. Shane Smith Read Quote
