• Jack Van Cooten

Not sure what is empowering about a UK grime artist explicitly glorifying African conflict and capitalizing on the fear and violence that it entails.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

VICE partners with old media, makes sponsored content, owns an ad agency, and cozies up to Murdoch — despite its edgy style and fresh take on news.

• Kathleen Bomani

Vice.com's reductive and alarmist style of writing about the continent is not only outdated, but deplorable and contravenes responsible journalism.