#333 - What Destroyed VICE Media: The Story They NEVER Told | Thomas Morton
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Thomas Morton is a writer, documentarian & former editor for VICE magazine who began working at Vice following a summer internship in 2004. After several years helping edit the print edition of the magazine, he became Vice.com's online editor.
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OUTLINE
00:00 - Unsung heroes of Vice Media
05:44 - The mastermind behind Vice
14:53 - Morton's first day at Vice
21:42 - Vice's "immersionism" approach
32:18 - Beginning of Vice video
34:41 - The decline of clubs
42:16 - Joining Scientology
56:41 - What happened to Gavin McInnes?
01:01:58 - The trans agenda
01:11:51 - Independent media landscape
01:18:26 - The story of Noisey & Chiraq
01:22:04 - Women who marry death row inmates
01:39:50 - antisemitism & r@cism
01:46:22 - IQ is bullsh*t
01:52:54 - Thomas' view on media in 2025
01:59:05 - The internet killed democratization of media
02:00:54 - Open AI & Palantir defense contracts
02:05:59 - Thomas' war on the word 'Content'
02:10:46 - Shame over nostalgiac music
02:19:16 - Are we turning into China?
02:31:15 - Vice's trip to North Korea
02:38:23 - Morton's writing process & future plans
02:44:42 - Why they call Morton "baby balls"
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