The bulk of your comment was just a strawman... Yes, interviewing a faceless "cartel" member with zero verification would be poor journalism, which isn't the s

The bulk of your comment was just a strawman... Yes, interviewing a faceless "cartel" member with zero verification would be poor journalism, which isn't the same as bringing a camera into XYZ location and recording/describing the conditions, which classifies as journalism in the same way that war journalists who go into warzones and describe situations are journalists. I think ironically enough your personal feelings regarding the founders of Vice are coloring your perspective on their earlier work which meets the textbook definition of journalism.