

Smith says segments with women were planned but “security couldn’t be guaranteed.”) “As things get harder economically, we tend to be more and more isolationist, but humanity is all in this together,” Smith says. (Notably absent from the progressive crew are female reporters. Malhotra as MD for its streaming service HBO Max in southeast Asia and India. Over the course of the season, they interview rogue Filipino gun makers, ride along as North Koreans are smuggled south and tour radioactive wastelands in Iraq. Prior to the new role, Levine was the Vice President of global partnership.
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“Don’t be afraid of the story, and go with it.”įortunately, fear doesn’t seem to be an issue for Vice‘s young, tattooed correspondents, who always seem ready for danger – or a beer. VICE is a documentary series that debuted on HBO on April 5, 2013. He has been with Vice Media since it began as a magazine in Montreal in 1994. Thompson would have done, and immerse yourself in the story,” Smith tells Rolling Stone. “I think what you have to do is you have to go into these places and do what Hunter S. Confronted China Over Illicit North Korea Weapons Deal By the season finale, reporter Ryan Duffy hangs in North Korea with Dennis Rodman, Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and the Harlem Globetrotters. Vice News focuses on coverage of events that may not be as well covered by other news sources. In the opening episode, Vice Media CEO Shane Smith drives through Kabul, wearing black Ray-Bans and set to interview a senior Taliban leader and old pal of Osama bin Laden. Vice News is the name of Vice Media's current affairs brand, consisting of, a nightly news program called Vice News Tonight, and an Emmy-winning weekly news program, Vice, both airing on HBO.

Vice, HBO’s half-hour newsmagazine that premieres today, plans to “expose the absurdity of the modern condition,” as its tagline promises.
