Viewers are flocking to “independent” media that serves up a never-ending stream of anti-Trump content. But this stuff is intellectual poison and may even help the right.
Viewers are flocking to “independent” media that serves up a never-ending stream of anti-Trump content. But this stuff is intellectual poison and may even help the right.
Admittedly I’ve never watched their content and was already calling them mierdas touch simply because I cannot stand the absurdly clickbait cope titles they choose.
“Trump DESTROYED by cat on the street.”
“Republicans plan SMASHED by old lady’s cookies.”
“GOP lawsuit MELTDOWN, it’s OVER”
“Trump gets DEVASTATING news from The Onion!”
Blah blah blah blah blah… And then like EVERY other video/article nothing happens. No one was stopped. No one was devastated. Nothing was gained by us. “They” got away with “it” as usual…
A lot of the independent left-wing reporters out there have been doing this for a while as well. Bryan Tyler Cohen, David Pakman, all of the Meidas Touch, and Jesse Dollemore are also absurdly guilty of this. It actually takes away from their content because I often agree with their content, but their absurd hyperbolic clickbait just smacks of desperation and is a huge turn-off.
I stopped watching them right after the election, because a lot of people were in their channels discussing the impact of Trump winning the election and every single one of them were putting out videos begging subscribers not to leave because their subscriber numbers were dropping. Yeah. Trump just returned to power and you’re worried about your subscriber numbers. Way to show how out of touch the fucking lot of you are. All of you have resources, money, and a subscriber base that regular people could only dream of and I’m supposed to be worried about your subscriber numbers? Fuck all the way off, the lot of you.
They do it specifically because they is what right leaning folks tend to click on… Shit that makes fun of them and calls then pussies. Get them angry then redirect to trump taking from them personally.
I don’t like that it’s effective but it is.
I liked bryan because be always puts the relevant clip that he’s reacting to up front and uninterrupted, but the clickbait is so awful I can’t even click his stuff anymore. Guess I’ll have to keep listening to Sam “pause it pause it pause it” seder.
Unfortunately they have to get the attention of people who are uninterested in politics. YouTube as a platform incentivizes clickbait titles, as well as social media platforms and the news in general. There are many people just looking for a quick dopamine hit while scrolling on their phones. There is a reason they are the most viewed and at least people see an alternative to the clickbait on the other side.
I find it very annoying as well and it has turned me off from watching it, but we are probably a minority. We are on Lemmy after all because we notice and care about stuff like that.
Cohen actually said he’s going to open a 2nd channel with less click baity titles literally today. Idk if that will work, but the idea is if you see something on his regular channel and want to share it with your mouth breathing brain dead uncle, you can share from that channel instead.
Thanks, I guess I’ll give him another shot. I tend to like his content but his titles drive me nuts. Although his re-uploads of the exact same interviews in slightly different videos is also annoying, so hopefully he drops that crap too.
New channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@briantylercohennews
Announcement video:
https://youtu.be/yB3yvIqcwQo
“Newsreader DAZED & BEFUDDLED by hyperbole!“
I had not seen much of MeidasToucg before this election, as as a ‘rest of world member’ the first couple of videos I watched were OK, then it seemed to be more of the same and as you say “Newsreader DAZED & BEFUDDLED by hyperbole!”