▲ 448 ▼ Vice blocked news stories that could offend Saudi Arabia, insiders say (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments Exclusive: Media company recently signed lucrative deal with Saudi government-controlled MBC Group
[–] martink@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Now that Vice went bad, are there any similar outlets to it? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RealJoL@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago One small upcoming one is Popular Front, but they seem to have a stronger focus on conflict reporting and the subcultures associated with it. Seems to be a Vice News for Gen Z. permalink fedilink source parent [–] charlytune@mander.xyz 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm fairly sure the Guardian were accused of toning down human rights stories about one country (I think like Bahrain or Oman or Qatar maybe?) as they were running an advertising supplement for their tourism board. It was covered in Private Eye so I don't know if the article will be available online. So if I'm remembering that correctly, the Guardian have got a bit of a cheek here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Historical_General@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago They were also raided by uk intelligence after the snowden stuff, and are no longer independant. Never donate to them or even use the links - use the archive.is links . :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RealJoL@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago One small upcoming one is Popular Front, but they seem to have a stronger focus on conflict reporting and the subcultures associated with it. Seems to be a Vice News for Gen Z. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm fairly sure the Guardian were accused of toning down human rights stories about one country (I think like Bahrain or Oman or Qatar maybe?) as they were running an advertising supplement for their tourism board. It was covered in Private Eye so I don't know if the article will be available online. So if I'm remembering that correctly, the Guardian have got a bit of a cheek here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Historical_General@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago They were also raided by uk intelligence after the snowden stuff, and are no longer independant. Never donate to them or even use the links - use the archive.is links . :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Historical_General@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago They were also raided by uk intelligence after the snowden stuff, and are no longer independant. Never donate to them or even use the links - use the archive.is links . :) permalink fedilink source parent