Ed Miliband asks: What is Vice News? Stupid questions get stupid answers...

'We write stories,' came the response from Vice reporter, who asked why Labour leader believed in 'stage-managed b******t'

Labour leader Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband managed to patronise the precise demographic he was trying to woo today by revealing he had never heard of Vice News.

The Labour leader was trying to win over the youth vote with a pledge to ban unpaid internships for more than four weeks but no sooner had he made the announcement than he managed to undo his work when he was faced with a question from a Vice News reporter.

“Hello, Ben Bryant from Vice News," said the reporter in a Q&A after Mr Miliband's speech.

“From where?," came the response.

“Vice News.”

Mr Miliband was baffled. “Oh right. What does Vice News do?”

“We make films, we write stories.”

"Right," the Labour leader muttered, before the reporter stunned him again by asking him a question with a naughty swear word in it.

"One of the criticisms of this election campaign has been how controlled it is. You yourself have only done one walkabout with voters so far. Don’t you think that all of this stage management bullsh*t is particularly alienating young people?”

Mr Miliband could only muster a typical politicians' response - by failing to answer the question. “I don’t think you count as stage managed, do you Ben?”

If only his brother David Miliband had told him all about Vice News after this interview he did with the news organisation earlier this year:

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