The problem that we’ve had is four media companies run media, globally. And some say they’re on the Right and some say they’re on the Left; look, they’re all afraid of losing Ford as a client. So they’re all, by definition, huge companies that are going to be inherently conservative. Shane Smith Read Quote
I think if you look at the failure of journalism in the modern age, then I don’t want to be called a journalist. Shane Smith Read Quote
American media has just become talk radio, incredibly partisan name-calling and op-eds. Shane Smith Read Quote
If you look not just at the Arab Spring, but at what I call the ‘Youth Spring’ that has started in Europe, young people are starting to find a voice, and they are not looking to the traditional media to reflect that. Shane Smith Read Quote
The greatest propaganda coup of the American Right has been to convince its citizens that we are in the grip of a liberal conspiracy. As a result, Obama is to the right of Richard Nixon on most issues. And there is we believe, certainly some space to exploit there. And we, VICE, aim to exploit it. Shane Smith Read Quote
Most of the time, when the mainstream media reports on something, it never tells the whole story. Shane Smith Read Quote
Are my politics Democrat or Republican? I think both are horrific. And it doesn’t matter anyway. Money runs America; money runs everywhere. Shane Smith Read Quote
