Breitbart Deconstructed - Why Do People Have A Problem With It?

[@psxman4536]

"He was actually dressed as an every day person. Like me" That's your best joke. It's like you set this up years ago.

[@AlanGohel]

All in all, Wii News is the superior news source

[@Beretta249]

Yeah no. Because posing ACORN's innocence as being in doubt isn't good journalism, it's bad logic. You have to prove that a thing is true, not that is false. There are issues that don't have and those things are _facts_ .

[@fwoqma]

@@Beretta249 who are you even talking to

[@sizzlingwall716]

#bringbacklavalamp

[@mistahsusan2650]

#JeSuisLavaLamp

[@nintendopet114]

SizzlingWall 71 the lava lamp is only for film analysis

[@brickman409]

I love lamp

[@j.yossarian6852]

I'm torn, the lava lamp helps keep the shot from being static, but the classic green glass shade is a classy touch. Por que no los dos?

[@nihbpsmcgee9246]

Please! Yes!

[@NotAFakeName1]

Apparently the Huffington Post founder was a super Republican until a messy divorce disrupted her life and sent her flying to the other camp. Kind of interesting Breitbart, the opposite of the Huffington Post, would have such a similar origin story.

[@anonb4632]

I hate binary politics.

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

@@anonb4632 careful what you wish for. If you think this is bad, wait until we get into Quantum Politics.

[@anonb4632]

@@Laotzu.Goldbug I live in a country where have a multiparty system already. It's far from perfect but at least it allows more political debate than "the other party did it." Personalities still intrude though - too many personal attacks.

[@Cheesemonk3h]

the weird thing is that there's not really any reason for it because a third party could win, the propaganda is just too strong. and the money involved in campaigning doesn't want to split their efforts.

[@NotAFakeName1]

@@Cheesemonk3h not without massively restructuring the US electoral system

[@kg4tnp]

"Barack Obama is a radical" makes as much sense as "Golf is an extreme physical contact spot "

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Maybe white supremacists are _so_ into white identity politics they feel solidarity with golf balls.

[@kantina4765]

every us president is fairly radical on issues such as blowing up children in countries most us citizens can't even find on a map.

[@Cat-co6fz]

your channel is so... "un-youtube" it really makes you stand out in a good way

[@---yg1wv]

In a world of increasing polarization I appreciate a genuine, honest, and fair approach to content. You get seven thumbs ups from me.

[@weiyin8046]

Jai Guru I don’t think you quite understand what fascism is

[@warplanner8852]

Mark81150 Edwards..very well said.

[@bendeguzcsoka3890]

Mark81150 fucking sad

[@thenetherone1597]

Breitbart is like a passive aggressive girl friend who really REALLY hates one of your friends but doesn't say it outright and instead takes every available opportunity to say why she hates everything your friend says and does.

[@peterhooper3391]

Exactly.

[@Teelirious]

It always kills me when the guys who pal around with--and elect-- billionaires rail against the "wealthy elite. And when people believe them.

[@rangerrick7729]

Reminds me of Rutger Bregman exposing Tucker Carlson. 😅

[@mrpurple11]

@John Kennedy the wall street does actually support and had supported in the past election the democratic candidate. That definition of establishment is old fashioned. Establishment now is big purely financial corporations. The new world career won't be about means of production but a technological. Trump represents the old fashioned you're believing is still the establishment. Maybe it's bc I'm not from USA so i have news from an outside pov this is just my opinion, the democratic party in any other country (with a true left party) would be the right party and republican wouldn't even exist or be referred as conservatives 🤷‍♀️

[@voxorox]

So he started it to "balance" out Huffpost? That's like using a turd as an air freshener next to a catbox.

[@boozecruiser]

Yeah, huffpost is fucking cancer

[@misanthropos6211]

JussumHashol This may be my favorite KZbin comment of all time. If I could, I would send you a plaque...and submit your name to the Nobel Prize committee. I don't know what category this would qualify for, but it damn well deserves international recognition.

[@alexcaffrey983]

Indomitus1973 Now that's good imagery.

[@robynhighart2026]

Fuck me, just got this strawberry seed out of my back teeth after a 2 hour struggle.

[@atheathorium]

Yay!

[@ahabtheplant]

Robyn Highart Bravo!!

[@_Dawson_]

Congratulations.

[@Jarejander69]

This day will be remembered with tears in the eyes.

[@Snrage553]

good for you

[@dangerouslytalented]

The black crime articles might not be technically racist, but they do pander to racists.

[@Caitlin_TheGreat]

That's absolutely the point. Don't show your true colors, right, but do provide a reference point for others to support heavily prejudiced views and agendas. All their stories skew things just a bit (or sometimes quite significantly) but at the same time claim to be factual. I mean, if you want to tell a convincing lie, you tell the truth but just leave out the bits you don't like and _imply_ rather than state what you want people to take away from it. And then technically you haven't said anything false and yet have managed to completely misrepresent reality.

[@dangerouslytalented]

Careful selection of which statistics to use, When white people break the same laws, they far more frequently DO NOT get locked up.

[@EvelynDayless]

The old I think, act, and behave like a racist, but since I haven't explicitly said "All blacks are good for nothing and inferior to every way to whites" you can't KNOW that I'm a racist! and you're being intolerant of my intolerance which makes you just as bad!

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

+Shawn Wesley "All their stories skew things just a bit (or sometimes quite significantly) but at the same time claim to be factual" Who are we talking about? Because that literally applies to any news site.

[@Ruairitrick]

This is effectively the same as saying reality panders to racists

[@dustin628]

8:44 I completely agree! I honestly cant watch cable news anymore for that reason. Who wants to watch two people yell and scream at and over each other? It's ridiculous.

[@neves6867]

Has anybody noticed that he looks like Quentin Tarantino? Especially on Pulp Fiction

[@thisisEHAM]

Select WTF its the hair and bathrobe for sure

[@ElectronicYouth]

+Lewis Findlay I bet its tea

[@jamespfp]

Hahahaha... Or Reservoir Dogs. "It's about these Coups."

[@mr.pavone9719]

Asking a contemporary reporter if she has ever heard of the IRA is expecting an awful lot. Come on, that happened before she was born.

[@tttm99]

Lol! Ahh.... I laugh mirthlessly with you, but... before she was born you say? not even. It's worse than that. Unless Katie McHugh (not Hughes, as Georg slips up) held her editorial position at the tender age of 17 or younger, 17 odd years after the IRA mi6 headquarters rocket launcher incident...

[@skyscreamstudios]

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. - Friedrich Nietzsche

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

Lol, I thought you were going to say: ''if you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. -World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King''. At least now I know where that quote comes from.

[@skyscreamstudios]

Glad I could help. :)

[@SerpenThrope]

Trying to be "balanced" when talking about Breitbart is like a doctor talking about cyanide pills, and trying to spend half his time explaining the health benefits.

[@iavv334]

Serpen Thrope "Well, uh, you'll never have to worry about disease ever again..."

[@thenedoriiistewardofrondog6965]

It's actually kind of funny because I am think that infowars tried to sell vitamin b17 (a cyanide derivative)

[@GlacialScion]

@ No. You're completely backwards here, and so is anyone worried about "lending legitimacy" to a movement, person, or organization by engaging with them. In fact, pointedly ignoring them or being exclusively and unrelentingly negative about them, without attempting to present a balanced overview of reality, is the surest way to increase their followings. The way you deal with bad ideas is to air them out completely, explore them honestly and openly, then watch them collapse under their own weight as the overwhelming majority of people make the right decision with the now easily available, and readily apparent as true, information.

[@aromardu]

@Erik Lerström You fucked over your own society with unbridled immigration from Africa and the ME. It's sad to say, but the increasing influence of the SD seems to be the only kind of shock-therapy to change the system of denial and hiding your head in the sand.

[@aromardu]

@ That's a delusional and insipid line of thinking. Equating Breitbart with Nazi Germany (or the Soviet Union) is an insult to the genocides commited by these regimes. Breitbart is a sensationalist rag and its chairman got kicked out of the White House for not towing the presidential line. It's nothing.

[@EvelynDayless]

When an interviewee is flat out ignoring the interviewer it might not be proper for them to talk over them, but I can certainly understand where it comes from. The interview is basically already over anyway when the person being interviewed lies and then plays ignorance continually and acts like they're a bastion of truth.

[@sunnohh]

It’s not racism because they believe they are not racist, that’s bollocks

[@MmmKayHuuNay]

Exactly.

[@TehZergRush]

Papa has blessed us. Bless Papa. Lava lamp is life.

[@archive9796]

*sips tea* ☕️

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

TehZergRush Praise the Låmp

[@keithklassen5320]

Putting some views in a box labeled "politics" and others in the box labeled "racism" ignores that some politics are racist.

[@markmorrison2138]

Not being intentionally or overtly racist doesn't mean much if the result appeals to racists, endorses racists and is funded by racists. Making headlines using "black on black crime" fully knowing most people won't read past a sentence or two and knowing who your reader base are is clearly fueling the fire they're comfortably being warmed by.

[@wednesdaynightbusiness6296]

You approach objectivity in a very mature manner.

[@OrgaNik_Music]

Agreed. It's way too rare these days.

[@rogerk6180]

Wednesday Night Business if only actual media could do that for a change. But that doesn't make money.....

[@maschaorsomething]

@thesparitan Exactly. At one point I just had to stop, asking myself why he is being so kind.

[@linuxdeveloperuy]

As a non native English speaker I can confidently say that this is my first time hearing the word "tabloidy".

[@MessengerAndrew]

The difference between Buzzfeed and Breitbart is this. We might be critical of Buzzfeed's emphasis in a story. They might show only one side of an argument that has many. They might gin up something to make it more controversial than it really is. But if they say X did Y to Z, you know those elements existed. Breitbart is strictly agitprop, and tends to be completely made up from scratch. Both the ACORN and Sherrod stories were lies - they weren't "mistaken", they didn't emphasise something too much. They made the stories up. About people. In order to get their readers to hate them. For a political purpose. That's not "journalism", that's propaganda.

[@longliverocknroll5]

"But if they say X did Y to Z, you know those elements existed" I don't. Because even if they manage to stumble upon the correct events, they politicize it and provide false motives, assumptions and bullshit to obfuscate reality. Excessively over-inflating or exaggerating a story is no different than inventing a story as they both have a conclusion routed in propaganda.

[@user-qf6yt3id3w]

"My side's biased shit tier clickbait site is better than your side's biased shit tier clickbait site. After all, my site panders to my prejudices"

[@weshoward1195]

Just going to mention that you could research the Acorn case instead of just saying I don't know if what Breitbart alleged was true. This incident was widely investigated after all. It was concluded the videos were heavily edited to taken answers out of context and that no criminal activity occurred. Not that it mattered Acorn was tried in the court of public opinion and lost its large donors and its government funding which caused the organization to close. Which is sad since they mainly helped poor people avoid predatory loans and obtain affordable housing.

[@PurposelessRabbitholes]

WHERE IS THE LAMP

[@ImTakingYouToFlavorTown]

Oh shit, I didn't think I'd find you in the wild, I love your content.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

I think you're being overly generous , e.g by letting them get away with that 'just asking questions' crap.

[@RealityCheck1993]

This may fly over your head if you aren't familiar with the conversation around prison reform, but "Blacks are not only more violent offenders but more prolific offenders and thus warrant no sympathy that would result in prison reform." is not only what we would call racist (given that there have been various arguments and data to otherwise contextualize this as a symptom of poverty, not race, that they so graciously ignore in this article) but a strawman of the prison reform argument. Staging the negative traits as more outstanding in or inherent to an outgroup, especially in a political setting, is textbook racism.

[@brianmorrow5350]

"Politics is the Entertainment Division of the Military Industrial Complex" ~Frank Zappa~

[@eddiethepizzahero]

Zappa sucks. Beefheart all the way.

[@wyndoellabridge6208]

I love how sophisticated everyone is in the comments today. it really shows on a healthy channel that has the appeal to intellectuals rather than the sheep, and I love it!

[@0x20pirate]

Found the Breitbart centrist keeping himself busy patting himself on the back while cranking his hog because daddy Georg didn't call these conspiratards what they really are

[@johnr.7906]

"Dog Whistle Politics" - I never heard that term before. Great video, even better channel! Thank you.

[@Pawg_Alf]

I mean sure Breitbart is popular with racists, writes thing that can be taken to have a racist world view, have a history of hiring and being run by racists on all levels, wrote an open letter to Georg Rockall-Schmidt about how much they enjoy their own racism, but you doesn't necessarily mean that they're racists.

[@ergifem]

I'm waiting for the "what about CNN" comment.

[@niklasherberger3358]

*W H A T A B O U T C N N*

[@anonb4632]

A plague on both their houses.

[@souljastation5463]

MSNBC nowadays is way more guilty with their Russia conspiracy theories.

[@boblargecock7724]

Refreshingly balanced view on a politically sensitive topic. well done.

[@GreenDotComics]

The amount of proper unbiased reporting done here is more professional than a majority of news outlets can portray today. Thank you George for being respectful, enlightening, and unbiased.

[@noahrodriguez293]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[@longliverocknroll5]

It's nice to see, but the mainstream really doesn't set the bar very high anymore.

[@Gukkor]

It's always kind of amazing to me that dudes on the Right can actually say someone like Barack Obama is a radical with a straight face, or that the DNC has moved left. It's very explicitly moved right over the past 30 years or so, and Obama was in no way an reversal of that trend.

[@MatthewsPersonal]

Your objectivity is stellar. You present information brilliantly.

[@spaceinaspace8452]

Please do Young Turks and Fox News next.

[@bbnl4276]

Yes

[@Zomgtforly]

got a source for the % to 14% accuracy percentage?

[@HladgerdKissinger]

Nightcrawler I used to watch it, but now I can't stand Ana "I'm Better Than You" Kasparian anymore

[@ABaumstumpf]

Dangerz Own - you seem to live in an alternate reality. Fox news has less viewers than The Young Turks. And add to that that their target audience is also a lot older and less influential. the 60 year old lady believing the shit of FoxNews is not gonna be the person throwing the Molotov-cocktail at the next riots. And Foxnews is not the channel that openly says it is ok to punch your political opponent. (Foxnews is still shit and nobody should watch them for factual news).

[@facefister69]

TYT in the past few years have turned into such a shit show full of misinformation, hypocrisy, race baiting and poorly formed opinions that it makes Buzzfeed seem like a reliable source of news.

[@Kingsservant83]

Never heard of Breitbart, now I know why. Thank you Mr Rockall Schmidt

[@robertcameron3392]

That was a fantastic characterization of Brietbart. Keep up the great work! Love your videos.

[@BeardFaceSuper]

I'm not sure I would call buzzfeed a news organization. I would compare Breitbart to something like HuffPo. You touched on it somewhat.

[@Highbrowser]

They deal with it in a plausibly deniable way. But the sheer volume of it, the focus of it is that makes it more hostile. Also, let's not pretend that racism has to be a deliberate goal. Some people believe that their bigotry is simply the right and balanced point of view. Let's not confuse the inability to see one's own racism with a lack of it.

[@PixelPickaxe]

I personally think that the lava lamp detracts from the watching experience because it's distracting. Thanks for removing it.

[@vigorland]

I love your videos, seems you always try your best to come at things from an objective perspective, they also always seem to be well researched. Keep up the good work!

[@jamesbrowning7258]

Am I the only one who always thought Breitbart was British? Its like the most British sounding name ever

[@MrCouchIncident]

I love your channel. I really really enjoy your insight.

[@faw6103]

He wasn't saying that Shirley was being racist, he said that the audience was loudly supporting the parts of Shirley's story where she showed prejudice. He never accused Shirley, just felt like the crowd was inappropriately cheering on moments of prejudice and they didn't know that the story had a positive ending.

[@UncleSam2112]

Your channel is awesome, you deserve more subscribers. It is shot beautifully and the content is well researched. Kudos!

[@testertaster]

Awesome vids bro. I appreciate just how much work goes into researching and presenting a balanced piece on such a complex subject. Good work!

[@grumpyoldman53]

I'm watching this in July of 2020 and find it extremely -I can't find the right word. Pretentious? Out of date? Out of touch? After what we have been subjected to for the last 4 years, there are so called news organizations that make this commentary seem childish. Let me put it this way. This commentary seems like the thoughts of a fresh soldier who just got his gun vs someone who has been in the trenches and seen it's hell for 4 years. I would love to see you revisit this topic and see how it has held up over time. Personally I don't watch Breitbart News. In fact I don't watch network news at all. I don't even have cable TV. I gave up on it all. I cut the cord many years ago. Internet only now. What would be nice is to see a comparison of ALL the "news" groups with a critical eye to their truthfulness. Take a step back see take the lay of the land of what news is today. I don't think it's going to be a pretty site.

[@zfbananas]

I know that at the end of the video you addressed that you haven't covered everything conversional to do with Breitbart, but I do wish you had spoken a little about the way in which they treated (and continue to treat) BlackLivesMatter activist Shaun King. I think that the reception to those articles definitely played a significant part in the idea that the network is racist.

[@mikael8763]

he's white you know...

[@leotamer5]

Ok, it seems like Shaun King racial ethnicity is a bit up in the air. From what I read from a seemingly pretty balanced article, I could look more into this but I don't care that much to go through all of the evidence to find out the race of a single man because as I will get to later, it doesn't really matter. According to his birth certificate, both of his parents are white. However, he claims that he is actually the son of a black man who had an affair with his mother. So, a bit of he said, she said. Without a DNA test, it really just if you believe Shaun King or not, which I don't think is good enough to go either way. Based on the article, the only pieces of evidence either way is some pictures of his youth where some people claim he is looks more white, while other say he looks more mixed. And a police report where he was marked as "white" though it appeared the only two options was either black or white, and he also claims that there is more context than given with just the police report. Again, a bit of he said, she said. However, it doesn't really matter. Even if he was born to a black man, he is most passing black man there is. And this actually raises an interesting question, what makes a person "black". If it is having any black ancestor, then we probably are all black. Is there are a certain number of ancestors back, so if your father or grandfather is black, you are black. Well, by that logic we are still all black. Because it will still just pass on the black. Is there is a certain threshold of melanin that you need to have in your body? If so, how much? Is the concept of black and white now pretty irrelevant in terms of actually defining anything further than a basic appearance of a person? Probably. I mean he does have the nose that you except from a person of African origin. Is it the shape of your nose that determines if you are black or not?

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

Shaun King deserved everything he got.

[@mikael8763]

Nah man, you made an interesting comment, well read but he certainly is Hwhite. I don't negate the fact that he may have some african-american genes or influence in his face but even mixed people from 3 generations look more black than him. If it is true that his mother had an affair, her "white" genes certainly got the upper hand in the zygote.

[@facefister69]

Shaun King claimed that he got those scars on his face from when he was attacked by a group of white students in college. Police reports years later state that actually he got those scars in a car accident that he caused when trying to retrieve a CD from the glove compartment of his car. Shaun King is an extremist and above all a racist, there is a reason why TYT fired him within 2 weeks of him being there.

[@shodanxx]

Hey I work in a particularly heavy bureaucracy. We build and maintain aircraft engines. Half my job is red tape !

[@shodanxx]

diskgrinder bloxander uhh no terrible idea. for starters, I like having a job that pays well. second, it's the bureaucracy that makes sure all concerns are addressed and the end product is as safe as can be.

[@dfailsthemost]

I think the issue with articles enumerating the pitfalls inherent to "blaming the system" for disproportionate race representation among the incarcerated is that it introduces detrimental complexity to the process of prioritizing analytical criteria. The pertinent question is "why is the number of black ppl in jail so disproportionately high?" How one approaches that question is inextricably linked to how one prioritizes the likelihood of possible causes. Are they possessed by aliens? Can't truly rule it out, but maybe let's check something else first. An article saying it might be "more than just broken "system" seems about as useful as asking if your tire pressure is correct while your car is on fire.

[@dfailsthemost]

Assuming one believes there is bias in the judicial system, that is.

[@bplup6419]

"Anthony Weiner" *uncontrollable laughter*

[@archive9796]

When you showed the clip of Bannon at 10:31 I kept trying to wipe that dead pixel off my screen as I thought it was dirt. You're evil for using that clip

[@dangerouslytalented]

In your "don't want Argentina to beat Germany" analogy, Breitbart is desparately trying to become the umpire, and is actively attacking the Argentinian players with rocks

[@tomasxfranco]

I thought he said "Argentina to BE Germany" for a second.

[@Tori2343]

dangerouslytalented oooooooooo

[@BigLobster44]

You obviously didn't understand the analogy bruv, it's like when Barca and Real Madrid play, I don't care who wins but there's a bunch of people who do care and effectively turn politics into a spectator sport and Breitbart then effectively ran the team fan group on the right and well there's a lot more fan channels on the left that are "mainstream" lol.

[@billrich9722]

Wow. You are desperate for attention.

[@Peppiinait]

I really, really dig the subtle humour. Keep your style!

[@cookies0ndowels217]

Well i for one found the plot to be poor and the acting wooden at times. I also like to make my comments on the wrong video and reserve the right to do so.

[@cookies0ndowels217]

But i absolutely never reply to my own comments.

[@noahrodriguez293]

I like you

[@jointhe6461]

I might be a little late here, but I saw Star Wars The Last Jedi for free at....

[@rciscon]

Outstanding work, and for the most part fair. Might I request similar deconstructions of the major American news networks? CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, and PBS.

[@eddiethepizzahero]

He would never do that. He's a liberal.

[@leebuckley8761]

Needs more lava lamp

[@user-vd2jk7dl3p]

Wonderful video. You were very fair here and thank so much for calling out the logical flaws in "dog whistle" argument. I am a black female and I really liked Andrew but the site has certainly fallen pretty far.

[@Othello484]

Great vid. Very balanced. Thanks. To me the most interesting thing about that NAACP rally was the crowd's extreme negative reaction upon hearing that she helped the poor white farmer.

[@blind09]

Nice video. I'll have to watch the buzzfeed one now. Do you memorize or use visual notes? Well done either way.

[@bul13ts]

As a refugee Martian Prince fleeing the wrath of the Grey Men of Jupiter, I have absolutely no reason to care about your Earth Politics. I'm just waiting for the Mercutian Armada to arrive so we can retake our home planet. Unfortunately it's tough to get word to them as that would involve our messengers leaving the Neutral zone and then the Jupitarians are sure to blast them to pieces. I eventually had to send a message through the Galactic Imperial Postage Service, but Zahnd only knows when that'll arrive.

[@MaggaraMarine]

My main problem with Breitbart is not that it's "racist" or whatever. My problem with it is that it's so obviously biased, and a lot of the stuff that I have read on the site has contained some misleading information (or at least things that are very easily interpreted in the way that you get a totally wrong kind of picture of the story). It basically feels like right wing propaganda. Their reporting is also very selective. If they write something about Muslims, it's always something negative. Is it "Islamophobia" if those stories are true? Well, I guess technically not, but when they are so selective about their reporting, it's pretty obvious that they want their audience to think in a certain way about Muslims. It's the same thing with stuff like "black on black crime" and the "low IQ of black people". If you are only reporting on black people in a negative way, yes, that could be interpreted as "racism". The individual stories are not racist - it has more to do with the selective reporting. There's nothing wrong with having a bias. But if one gets all of their information and bases their whole worldview on what they read on Breitbart (and other sites that have a strong bias one way or the other), that's not a good thing. Yes, everybody is biased but there are definitely sites that are more neutral and then there are sites that have a strong bias (like Breitbart). If you are reading news on sites that have a strong bias, you need to be really critical of what they say, and at least check the sources that they use. But probably my views of Breitbart are also somewhat biased, since I haven't read a lot of their articles. But the articles I have read have not made me want to read more of their stuff. Their worldview is just so different compared to mine, and reading their articles basically feels like reading propaganda.

[@BrandonMoore-tf2dj]

I used to be on board with Breitbart until this last election cycle. Though I have lost my faith in most publications over the years. I now fallow specific journalists as I tend to believe they are "unbiased" until proven otherwise.

[@thetechnostate316]

I don't understand his belief that American media is "anti-Israel." I have never once heard a negative statement about Israel said on MSNBC or CNN, which is who I assume he's talking about.

[@smallpseudonym2844]

I think you give them far too much credit toward the end of your analysis. Just because something isn't _explicitly_ racist, doesn't mean it's not racist.

[@DrummerDucky]

That was a most fair and thorough analysis; I'll make sure to suggest this video to anyone curious about how to define Breitbart on the News scene.

[@TheFreemanAlways]

way to drop the ball on this one. the amount of dog whistling on Breitbart is amazing really.

[@tomwilliams5273]

Great vid, I thought this was pretty objective and certainly made me think about how I view Breitbart. Interesting to think that the context that surrounds Breitbart is possibly more significant than their actual content.

[@robheppellvideooffice]

The content is pretty specifically curated to fit a politics of dog whistle racism though.

[@lilgrasshoppah]

not overtly racist? what do they need? a white pillow case, with eyeholes?

[@billrich9722]

Breitbart is not overtly racist? Do they need a white pillowcase with eye holes?* I fixed it for you.

[@thechickengod]

Im a recent subscriber and I have to say that I love your content. Thoughtful pieces with just the right amount of dry humor.

[@EmperorSmith]

Breitbart. Not Racist. But #1 with Racists.

[@Lacke1]

They create fake racist news. Of course they are racist. Its not even up for discussion, its so well known.

[@boozecruiser]

And?

[@orangmawas3858]

#1 with racists is TheRightStuff and Daily Stormer Breitbart is #1 for mildy nationalist, mildy reactionary libertarians/republicans

[@Hawktied]

It is very difficult to find objective critique on right-wing entities, when most just refer to them as racists or bigots who do not deserve your time. Nothing is black and white, it never has been, and diversifying the sources you get information from can lead to very intriguing observations. You start to see the agenda in whatever you read, because there always is one, however minor. It also leads to getting a better picture of the facts. If you check the news from three different sources, you’re likely that the combined story is closer to the actual truth. So I enjoyed this video a lot. Big thumbs up! Speaking of enjoyment, this comment section is almost as entertaining as the video was. People that lack self-awareness are the most entertaining part, especially the ones who sit on very high horses.

[@thepete85]

Where the hell is the lava lamp

[@PathologicGaming]

He uses the telephone instead for his "The Bizzare Summary" series

[@AegisEpoch]

as the world through the TV was changing, some households were bubbled off from this zeitgeist; identities wrapped in the concept of their ideas/feelings being prioritized over everyone else's.someone came and said "your bubble is valid" and impressionable children who were told pandering versions of reality/history now have grown. this is breitbart's audience.

[@WordUnheard]

But you said you were going to talk about violent imagery and gore in film, for your next video. What gives?

[@cropcircle5693]

So lets get this straight. When you deliberately skew the portrayal of an issue in order to confuse the discussion, that is (at very least) poor journalism. When you do it to directly inflame racial tensions and give talking points to racist causes, that is racist. That is the moment that you side with the racist cause. Breitbart is a racist organisation. Playing dumb with this reality is not clever and is only fooling the racists into thinking that we don't see who they are.

[@peterhooper3391]

Well said. I think Georg really dropped the ball on this one, and generally I admire his work.

[@dogheart_ii9301]

#notmylamp #bringbackthelavalamp

[@RoyUnit]

15:05 "Bias exists everywhere." *Eyes shift nervously* Also, did you steal that desk from Carl Sagan?

[@greybeard6504]

Where's my lava lamp?!

[@milliman4]

I never heard someone associate Breitbart or Buzzfeed as news services

[@TerribleTF2]

dont newspapers have to be profitable by themselves to keep running?

[@archive9796]

Yes but most of the time the adds in them make the profit for them, they don't need to change physical money but they do

[@mikespearwood3914]

no future not always. "The Australian", established and owned by Rupert Murdoch (News Corp), has never made a profit in it's history.

[@MrChickennugget360]

i see plenty of "free" liberal rags hanging around. don't know who pays for them

[@TerribleTF2]

MR.Chickennuget 360 they make a profit through ads. theyre self sufficient businesses tho

[@tyshekka]

Breitbart maintained that his focus in the Sherrod piece was on the NAACP audience which applauded her after she said she rejected the white farmer and before she said she came around to helping the white farmer. Breitbart said that this was posted in response to the NAACP claim without evidence that the TEA Party was racist. He was showing that the NAACP may also show signs of racism themselves.

[@troyschulz2318]

I honestly think they're worst than BuzzFeed.

[@RolfHartmann]

Something lost in the Shirley Sherrod controversy was that the target was not her but the audience which cheered on the earlier part of the story, but the overall press coverage largely ignored that to make it about her whether they were part of the outrage mob or defending her.

[@totesjokin5354]

I mean, if you give people the option of targeting a big figure who is in the public space or a nebulous crowd of private citizens, what do you expect will happen?

[@streampunksheep]

Let the FLAME WARS COMMENCE!

[@snatchpro3674]

Great non biased viewpoint. I think of myself as a Republican (not far right or conservative) but I love this video. Thanks, man.

[@atimholt]

I just dislike us-vs-them (i.e. party/spectrum) politics.

[@outlawscar3328]

Well, welcome to the world. The only way to be neutral in the matter is to be ignorant and who does that serve?

[@atimholt]

@@outlawscar3328 You don't have to be neutral to disagree with false dichotomies.

[@outlawscar3328]

@@atimholt Well I definitely agree with you there. Two is not enough. In fact, it's just such a horrible conceptual idea that I'm appalled that it's never seriously challenged. Imagine if there were only two cell phone companies left in the world (not that we're far from it). As long as one announces a price for service, the other only has to be slightly cheaper to win consumers in that moment. So if one of those two is ruthlessly exploitative and overcharges far beyond what's reasonable, the other can still be beyond reasonable or fair but will win only because it's presently not as bad. But there will always be parties of some kind. People don't have the means or time to research every last candidate and know how they feel on every last issue. There will always be some categorization of political ideas and those in common will donate to/volunteer for/promote others with similar ideas.

[@PsycoticMango]

Just want to take a minute from the discussion about breitbart and the right or left to say this was a really great video. I think you made a valliant effort to look at things as neutrally as possible. It was interesting to hear the background and history of things, as well as to have genuinely base level information displayed as just that. Information. You brought up accusations toward the site with an analysis of the site itself without trying to read into whatever side you may prefer. In fact, the only stance you seemed to "read into" was that of neutrality. Very good quality vid. I was trying to watch it to see where you'd try injecting opinion, and was surprised to see it was objective. Not many people who claim to do so actually hit the mark!

[@6538h]

If it looks racist, smells racist and feels racists...

[@ManDuderGuy]

Mohammed Ahmed Then you should check your racism sensors, to be sure they aren't overtuned. Nah I'm kidding. Just keep calling everyone racist. It's fun!

[@longliverocknroll5]

Sensory descriptions with no facts or basis in even remote objectivity? So feelings? It "feels" racist, maybe, but can you *prove* it's racist. That's the point. To call something racist without being able to prove it's racist, defeats the purpose and nuance of language entirely.

[@illUploadForyall]

Have you tried...not being racist? I don't call racist often at all HMMM

[@onlymadethisforcomments2476]

Without the lava lamp, I feel like the room is too dark and static

[@mrb6094]

You have my hairline. Are we related?

[@melonlemonade2]

I just really miss the lava lamp man, that was some good stuff dude.

[@archive9796]

I quite dislike Huff post Not for any real reason just every time I see articles they aren't very good or have much research behind them Know at least I've heard of the Huffers lol not Brightbart at all

[@TheCyndicate]

I have 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 liked a single bit of English dry humor. At times, it would even piss me off, because it was wasting my time/money. SO... Congratulations, you made me laugh. I really enjoy it, especially since you are mostly fair and respectful to all sides. I don't agree with you on everything, but I enjoy it. Nice to have an intelligent voice in a space that is normally intellectually vacuous. Thanks. 👍🏻

[@arrowynwilliams9319]

I think you've missed a trick here, while calling Breitbart racist is not really helpful to anyone, there is still some truth to it. You called Buzzfeed racist for drawing attention to racial differences, but the issue with Racism isn't that people hold different views about different groups of people but instead that a system exists in which one group of people are disadvantaged compared to another. And Breitbart while it never says anything overtly racist it does, help to prop up racial prejudices and a racist system by reporting facts in a certain way.

[@godemperorofmankind7255]

TRIGGERED!!!

[@youtubeuser2188]

Gareth Williams You're changing the definition of racism so it can fit Breitbart into it. Racism has nothing to do with power struggles. Racism is prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed at someone of a different race which is exactly what buzzfeed does. Breitbart uses facts when reporting while buzzfeed doesn't, there's a distinct difference between the two on race. While Breitbart can help set up racial prejudices the same can be said about buzzfeed and that's really more of issue within the reader not the writers. You're clearly see racism everywhere even in facts if you think we live in a racist system.

[@leotamer5]

Breitbart is biased. Everyone is biased, though Breitbart is particularly biased. As is a sad state of modern news. You can manipulate facts by presenting them in different lights and such. However, I don't think it has the brainwashing power of making not racist people suddenly think, "Maybe I should get a rope and hang blackie." I also want a definition of what a "racist system" is. Is a system where one race benefits at the expense of another? Yeah, we have those. It is called affirmative action. (Which I also think is bad because it is the bigotry of low expectation and in its extreme it can cause people who really shouldn't be somewhere because they utterly lack the skills needed to be there)

[@godemperorofmankind7255]

So Buzzfeed, the gutter of the internet, isn't racist, even though it divides people by race on things as unimportant as skin color. I thought Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to unite us, not divide us. I wonder what he would think of Buzzfeed?

[@BrorealeK]

Typical, the only way one can respond to institutional racism is either to act blithely unaware of it or to desperately troll for upvotes (on youtube, which is hilarious).

[@lovecraftscat5044]

Look at the like to dislike ratio on this video and the Buzzfeed video. Which is more ‘mainstream’?