The BBC is facing criticism over its perceived 'woke' stance, with former executives and leaked recordings highlighting a push for progressiveness. Vice Media's downfall is attributed to a shift towards corporate interests, abandoning its irreverent roots for what critics call 'woke platitudes.' Layoffs at Vice and BuzzFeed signal major changes in the digital media landscape, with Vice's demise being analyzed as a cautionary tale for new media ventures.
People actually pay for this stuff. The @bbc is coming to the end of its era, a national embarrassment, with interviewers who just belch woke garbage at people. I’m yet to meet a young person who has watched it. Bye. #DefundTheBBC https://t.co/Bx9h9DGSJq
In the new media post mortem, let it not be forgotten that a lot of the executives were feckless chancers... my take on the death of Vice: https://t.co/rvRooUui6e
RIP Vice: a good website killed by incompetent, overpaid bosses. As the new media post-mortem begins, don’t let inept, parasitical executives avoid some of the blame. @simonchilds13 writes 👇 https://t.co/t6VFRNAkJf
🗞️ @Expedia initiated a mass restructure that will impact 8% of its workforce and as well as an executive leadership swap. We've got the scoop on these details and more: https://t.co/AJYyJ303e0 #techlayoffs #restructure #futureofwork #techtrends2024 #expedia
How the cult of Vice came crashing down: https://t.co/GQZHr0ovu5
It’s been a tumultuous year for journalism in Canada and the U.S. Vice, Bell Media, CBC: Here's a look at recent media layoffs in Canada. https://t.co/kcWsEVtPio
Former Vice employees taking it kind of hard. https://t.co/77nuVq84oY
Vice’s embrace of the corporate shilling destroyed its creativity and credibility. It traded taboo-busting irreverence for tiresome woke platitudes. No one wants to read ‘a guide to polyamory for Latinx nonbinary long-Covid sufferers’, says Heydon Prowse https://t.co/GQZHr0ovu5
Vice layoff details: Severance, laptops and expense reimbursements, a stark contrast to The Messenger’s hasty and disorganized implosion https://t.co/In11jMnLoS
What happened to the formerly "$5 billion media company" known as Vice? Longtime former employee @mcmoynihan dishes: https://t.co/KQvGq9xJ4f
🚨 🗞️ The digital media outlet landscape is changing in a major way - as @VICE Media and @BuzzFeed make waves with mass layoffs amid larger restructure plans. Learn more: https://t.co/AJYyJ303e0 #techlayoffs #restructure #futureofwork #techtrends2024 #vicemedia #buzzfeed
The collapse of Vice was all too inevitable. Billions in corporate cash turned the irreverent Bible of hipsterdom into a tedious mouthpiece for woke capital. It became part of the very establishment it was set up to needle, says Heydon Prowse https://t.co/GQZHr0ovu5
In a leaked recording BBC boss Tim Davie has told staff to be proud to be progressive as he doubles down on the alienation of the working class following new polling that found they are turning off the BBC because they find it too ‘woke’. Go woke, go broke! #DefundTheBBC
Diary: Am I woke? Yes, says BBC's Clive Myrie Myrie defines woke people as “simply trying to promote a sense of fairness in what is, on many levels, a world that is unfair” https://t.co/EZxajVXJnn
‘I think this use of the word woke is dangerous, nobody can define what it is.’ Former BBC Executive and Presenter, Roger Bolton, responds to the BBC's Director General stating that the BBC is 'proud of its progressiveness.' https://t.co/ud6XMsLCV2