The Rise and Fall of the Mainstream Media

[@ThenNow]

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[@danielc6106]

Can I donate through PayPal? I won't use Patreon out of principle.

[@looiyuanjieyuanjie1451]

you forgot to include "Inventing Reality" by michael parenti in your video.

[@egx161]

Well done. Except, there are lies being pushed out by outlets like Fox. Corporate media is now driven purely for profit. Grifting is now the norm. Like the prosperity gospel. Small groups are driving the narrative and lying to millions of people for money. Orwellian is a cliche but it’s not far off. It all comes down to greed. Money and power. Just look at how our society is being divided. Why are so many people listening to someone like Joe Rogan? Petersen or Shapiro? Fox? Etc..

[@realitybites243]

Liked and subscribed 👍🏻 Let’s get real knowledge out there.

[@MargaritaDellaSera]

Let us know how to do that !

[@simonduran515]

Yesss, another long video full of quality and with no ads that I can enjoy for years! Thank you so much Then & Now!

[@patrickdi.6440]

Okay bot

[@pichirisu]

It literally has ads.

[@mayaal9352]

Just have youtube ad free. I never get one single ad. It worth money

[@thebosstuna]

Except now he's pushing the agenda of the elites... Then & Now has fallen.

[@rsimpson69]

I can't imagine anyone finding this either entertaining or enlightening enough to rewatch. Good for you

[@smoovjazz8029]

man, i love this guy's videos. so unbelievably underrated

[@reeferseasalt]

Yes, he's great

[@Joejoejoe1967]

This video is unbelievably prescient in regards to what has happened - we need to continue this dialogue!

[@sabiti5428]

Hes very much ahead of whats coming. my biggest criticism is his lack of self introspection to realize others have done the same as him. the fact theres zero critics in these comments isnt entirely good, as hes at risk of becoming as near sighted. recognizing the cycle is important, but the important thing is timing. the "new" elite need to get a proper footing before you can come head on at them for their ideas. he recognizes them, but he has to go after those. you can't do a 'no true scottsman' falacy of sorts by just saying they are hypocrites. the ideas must be proven to be untrue. not to meantion generalizations and assumptions must be made to even have a 10,000 ft above conversation. this video was incredibly stimulating, so while i am a critic of the critic, i mearly want to do exactly what he wants. have the boring, mondane conversation, not the click bate headline.

[@tracybailey680]

Thank you for all the incredible hard work that has gone into producing this resource. Much-needed and much appreciated!

[@NuanceOverDogma]

It's dishonest like most mainstream media it's pretending to challenge

[@Asankeket]

"The truth just doesn't get the clicks." An excellent final statement. I find as the media landscape develops into the digital age, getting to the truth becomes ever more difficult, takes up ever more energy. Yet, there is one piece of advice I'd like to give to anyone who's genuinely interested and doesn't just look for confirmation: be wary of conformity. Any conformity. Especially the kind of conformity that results if you are drawn into a group with which you feel to have a rapport. If you stay honest to yourself, it never lasts. Always be prepared to be the dissident voice. At least in anything important. I agree with certain talking points of this New Elite, but I remain detached from them.

[@luizmonad777]

I don't want the mainstream media "truth", I don't buy their ideas anymore, anything that's not that have my attention.

[@davidturoff8017]

Even if you agree with them that doesn't mean you have the truth.The content providers who add show notes to demonstrate how their opinion may have been formed or confirmed at least are genuine in my opinion, and often are way ahead of the curve because they know where to look. The folks I pay most attention to for useful information are almost all banned from YT. and maintain a website to direct you to a media portal for their content. The really big names are rarely on top of things that I find out months and even years earlier because its not majorly profitable to really dig and flush out all the corruption.

[@fdssdfsdfs]

Who are these people?

[@kevnev342]

​@@fdssdfsdfs far right demagogues that believe that everything is a conspiracy that mostly appeal to incels and the like

[@VeniVizzleVici]

@@davidturoff8017 Are you talking about Alex Jones? If not, who? I'm interested.

[@aealaeddin]

Commenting to feed the algorithm monster

[@susiejoyk1287]

Me too.

[@MarsRoverYT]

Replying to feed it as well 😂

[@kp6215]

@@aealaeddin I have stopped commenting on U Tube videos because my data hasn't received payment from AI.

[@somebodysomewhere6353]

Lets go

[@gtjus]

Yippie

[@johncuttler2406]

That video was worth the wait. Many thanks and keep them coming!

[@realandthebandit2535]

You pretty much nailed it regarding US news. I’m now 50, but as a lad my old man wouldn’t allow cable into our home. We had channel 2, 4 & 5 plus 7 & 11. ABC nbc cbs and PBS…..until…about age 12, enter FOX. I noticed right away the news wasn’t the same. They creeped in at first, and grabbed me with the Simpsons and Married with children. Might as well have been adult entertainment, but I distinctly remember thinking “something has changed “. Great work my friend.

[@timelapsega]

I think things really started to change with CNN when they introduced 24 hour news

[@realandthebandit2535]

@@timelapsega seemed more like real news at first though, to me anyway. I didn’t watch too much of that, but yeah 24/7war coverage.

[@MinifigNewsguy]

You’re media illiterate. From the context clues I take it you live in NY trying to associate channel numbers to networks. Different markets have networks on different channels in case you didn’t know. Of course this KZbinr would love our media to be nationalizes and he doesn’t even know squat about domestic media!

[@llIllIlI]

News Flash: The "news" has NEVER not been biased. People were just too dumb to realize it back then. Yes, your dad's news, grandpa's news, etc... ALL biased. You seriously believe the news was honest, fair, and completely unbiased during the era of Slavery? Reconstruction? Jim Crow? Segregation? Seriously!? I've got a fancy new bridge in NYC I'd like to sell you.

[@dthomas9230]

@@realandthebandit2535 MSNBC is owned by a Pentagon contractor, G.E., who fired Donahue when he challenged the efficacy of W's Iraq war intel. He was right, the war was waged on false premises, killed five thousand US vets, and five hundred thousand Iraqis but got W a carrier landing photo-op during election season, which turned Chris Mathews on and got W elected so he could appoint two SCOTUS justices, ...pro-life!!! F.O.X. fans think it is liberal.

[@GeahkBurchill]

Whoooooo! In the words of Cody Johnston, “a short little video, don’t look at the time code!” I’m looking forward to this!

[@--Ezra--]

And still i did watch it multiple times. I love long video essays.

[@Kai-Made]

@@--Ezra-- IMHO, you have to be a good speaker, or give me pretty crap to watch...but this guy does good at both, honestly could prolly listen to him read a phonebook with that accent.

[@Kai-Made]

Haha...love me some more news. Oddly enough.

[@TI.T.O]

All hail lord warmbo

[@Brinslade]

Excellent work. The quality of your research and presentation is first class.

[@dj_junta]

Deeply grateful for all the knowledge I’ve learnt from you over the years

[@EnemyOfEldar]

I really enjoyed this man. It's monumental work. I've been watching you since Spinoza. Well done!

[@lethargic_cow]

Love this channel. Keep it up!

[@svengraf366]

Outstanding work, I deeply appreciate this piece of art, journalism and a deep dive into communication theory.

[@reeferseasalt]

Me too

[@joshs6230]

Wow this is so amazing! I'm so glad to hear a human written in depth documentary. Thanks for being a proud content creator.

[@mycrazylife1111]

Thanks, Then & Now. Your content restores some of my dwindling faith in humanity. Not because you're discussing humans being great in this video but because you're willing to really think about the challenges in society and treat them as more than after-thoughts while we all go back to just doing what we're told. I tip my cap to you, gentlemen.

[@MrSqueakers]

Think about the amount of Randoms on comments giving it their own 2 cents and how much less in-fighting there is on the comments sections of videos like these. I'm 28 now but when I was 8 on the internet and had an edgy older brother living in the middle of nowhere. It's morbid but after seeing what I saw in the old internet back then I definitely remember how people who are likely in their late 40s and 50s now talked to each other online. I think the internet is exactly like a part 2 of the printing press. I think all of these guys are all living on borrowed time. They can't market to an audience that is too poor to relate to. I could see Gen Z and millennials recreating and setting up new institutions overtime. I dont think a lot of us even want to take over the old organizations and the genie is out of the bottle on education. They can gaslight as long as they want but if they do not have imagination or creativity boredom and despair will steamroll them

[@planetbizzaro1839]

Garbage

[@loumoon7660]

No one has cable anymore. I just watch KZbin now

[@falconeshield]

Okay. Just be warned. ANYONE can be a KZbinr. So no matter how charismatic or dumb they are, they all started with the recoding camera, not credentials.

[@humiliated_by_auberle]

What is amazing YT cleaned up its act a lot. TV went backwards to compete. kzbin.inforHSgiTNieQk?si=7Lx7SKJ8NLipk4oN

[@MyPsAndQs]

My parents bought cable again, they were so bored of KZbin😂 content sucks now

[@Rangernewb5550]

​@MyPsAndQs You're just not looking hard enough. Been on KZbin damn near every day for 10+ years. Never been bored.

[@MyPsAndQs]

@Rangernewb5550 you say that as if media quality is objective. We've all been on here 10+ yrs and it's copied and pasted bs

[@Mix1mum]

I appreciate your work. Keep doin what you do, more people need to hear your take. 👏

[@justinbarton1456]

Fantastic video my friend!!!! I'm 30 and I think everyone around my age and younger ESPECIALLY need to watch this. I've found myself falling into the trap of the old media (CNN, FOX, etc) being 'biased' (to sum it up) and the new (Rogan, Peterson, etc) being 'true', for lack of a better word.. The idea that it's a modern take on the same old playbook has never occurred to me. Keep doing what you do. This is important work!

[@dthomas9230]

The USA is fifty-sixth on the Press Freedom Index for a reason. 90 percent of US media is in 8 corporate hands, and 77 percent is in six hands. CEOs of all 8 donated to Trump. They love an ignorant public who proved their gullibility by believing tucker carlsson's "Covid is a hoax" meme after CDC told the media and red states that 80 percent of the 1st wave of Covid deaths were FICA pensioners and dying reduced entitlement outlays. 700,000 FICA pensioners refused vaccines that could keep them alive and died. FICA canceled their payroll tax hike which rupert and tucker were facing. The anti-vax memes were to reduce entitlement outlays and boost the mortuary services index to a 27 percent gain YTD in aug '21. America's eugenics of pensioners went off without a peep of concern. VT lost 10 per 100K to COVID, and SD killed 107 per 100k because 81 of those were FICA pensioners who needed to be put down like a South Dakota puppy, without a gravel pit, to reduce entitlement outlays. Aussies lost 10,000 to Covid with a 27,000,000 population. Florida has 22,000,000 and Desantis killed 87,000 with Covid and bragged about reducing entitlement outlays. Red states had a 900 to 1000 percent higher kill rate than states and countries that consider the eugenics of pensioners to be unsavory. But, church attendance and revenue spiked from all the funerals, especially in the pro-life states.

[@neilhollands8448]

Excellent video. Simply the most informative and even-handed essay on media I've seen. Thanks

[@KarmaKittyFubarZen]

Thanks!

[@Oblongota]

Always a good day when Then and Now uploads

[@magda_b_05]

that is so true!

[@yungouda]

Thanks!

[@alewiina]

Oh HELL yes it’s a good day when I try ti decide what to listen TK while I work just as I get a notification for a new Then & Now video!! So excited to watch 👌🏻👌🏻

[@marcussassan]

Nice. Looking forward to seeing this.

[@UShistorymatters]

This is a great video! I was hoping for more nuanced comments, but I guess it is still too early.

[@kennycube5126]

Why not make one yourself? I was thinking about how our economic base influences our society and culture. As a form of media youtube (& others) seems to be able to incentivise people to behave and think in a ruthlessly capitalistic manner, but without any capital. Like playing the game, but with no traditional reward. I think it conditions people to except it's values and priciples making them less likely to challenge it. Is yt an example of capitalism's self reinforcing & brainwashing facility? What do you think? 😁

[@Jebediah1999]

​@@kennycube5126 one thing you can say about yt : the ads are getting longer and more irritating.

[@mahdisoleymani660]

Been looking forward to this! Thank you

[@shelovinthecrew]

Amazing video Lewis mate

[@parrudo77]

As usual, great content. It´s amazing you pull this off in a team consisting of only 2 people. Congratulations!

[@TheQuixoticRambler]

It's easier when you have prefabricated talking points. But great work all the same.

[@The3Flamingos.]

Awesome work 💫

[@jokeradviser5843]

Particularly well-sourced; the synthesis is excellent. Thanks!

[@elatbg6445]

A great job as usual. Thanks for this video.

[@AB-tg5mx]

Bravo, good show ole chap. Subscribed

[@surfgator8294]

You have done excellent work!

[@Theonemen5]

I love these long form videos - the AI and Internet ones were great, so I'm mega excited about this.

[@kristenr8311]

I love the way your videos are put together and the way you articulate really nuanced ideas. Thanks for what you do.

[@mikkel964]

Love you! Your work is much appreciated.

[@-vz-]

Cheers mate

[@sarahmae8991]

This was such an informative video, you touched on very important points about alternative media. I hadn’t thought about the aspect of appealing to the masses by implying being marginalized, ostracized, and being for the people. I do know that there is something for everyone, no matter the medium, social programming/social engineering has to offer a vast array of ideologies, subjects, etc to entice people to be distracted from the truth and reality. It is a hard fight to try to keep out of the traps set before us. Thank you so much for making this video!

[@BritishCryptids]

Thank you so much 🙏🏻

[@expresidentfortune]

best documentary I've seen so far this year, well done!

[@josephlynch3746]

Thanks~T&N! Journalistic Integrety is Still Alive! Appreciate You~ 😀*

[@Caseman984]

Unbelievably high bar of quality on these videos

[@hilmimohammed7941]

Thought-provoking video! Balanced, informative, and rigorously researched. Absolutely worth the wait. Thank you, Then and Now!

[@thebosstuna]

erm... reality check?

[@spliffedtothegallows7337]

@@thebosstunawhich of your favourite little guys did he question?

[@J5L5M6]

This is among the most comprehensive rundowns of human communication, media, and culture. Thank you so much!

[@LitArtCulture]

A very timely video. I specially loved the "Manufacturing Consent" part of it.

[@dthomas9230]

I read that years ago and loved it.

[@thomasryan4029]

this was impressively well created and reearched. keep it up!

[@robertgrimm1723]

The Truth is usually complex while a lie is always simple. As humans we prefer simplicity over complexity.

[@taciprince7400]

Love this channel

[@TheQuixoticRambler]

As does your confirmation bias.

[@gemmamarie-ann6606]

I put off watching this til I had two hours to focus... Worth every minute. Well done.

[@dj_junta]

Thank you for your work

[@Tadavegas]

Long form content at its best with only two people. Thank you for this!

[@bickbalsy]

Another brilliantly researched video.

[@bits_and_bytes2220]

5 minutes in and already such a great take on the news a really nice eye opener thank you

[@djblairsmith6]

An extraordinary piece of work.

[@sharjeelkhan2576]

This is one of the best videos I've ever seen on KZbin.

[@MichaelJones-ek3vx]

Have watched you for a while now. I listened to 3 hours of AI. I'm a computer programmer. I've learned more about AI from you that I learned from school. From that simple visual of a network organizing geometrically, I understood neural networks. I'm also retired and 75 years old. I'm worried about the future. Like many of us. In the United States we have the rise of what I feel is actually an attempt to nullify The values we obtained from, "the enlightenment". The belief that we were born whole, unsinned. That we are all the value, and we are rational. If we become educated. These are all under attack right now here. Keep up the good work. I think I signed in and paid for you for a year. If I didn't, let me know. This thing on the media was great!

[@vandalcreed]

School isnt for education anymore is just an accreditation approved by the state to get a job. To achieve education these days one must take the private route, for example private educators who post videos like these.

[@egx161]

We need a part 2. Look at what’s happening now. Thank you. Excellent analysis.

[@panoptos4163]

Thank you Lord! I was starting to feel famished waiting for the next one to drop.

[@Alexclermontwrites]

Love your channel! You’re one of only two channels that I am a patron of and I truly appreciate the effort that goes into videos like this.

[@jessvex]

The wind always blows towards money. 💰💰 Question the motives of your sources people. And yes, the truth doesn’t get the clicks but it is always attainable for those who seek it. Great video!

[@reeferseasalt]

Thank goodness

[@MeretBoxler]

You are doing exceptional work, my dude.

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Omg new video!!!

[@Gaggerlotion]

Omg!

[@sparkyjones8081]

Unequivocally my favorite channel on the platform

[@sueelliott4793]

There is so much AI-generated misinformation on KZbin with thumbnails like "They are taking this down", "They don't want you to know this" or, the best one "You or you have 24 hours left". Your video was refreshing, thank you for some realism. I am a subscriber and love your channel, much appreciated.

[@nikko.lottsahcocc6917]

Titles like exactly that and others similar are over a decade old and were once even more widely used (you know, because stupid people).. My personal fav was "BANNED VIDEO" common way back when people used to make conspiracy videos about the illusive and powerful "Illuminatti".. And Bush/Cheney masterminding the 911 tragedy.. Then came the slough of clickbait reaction trigger titles for vids all about rappers and music industry ppl engaging in weird late night homosexual orgies deep in the California wilderness among the redwood trees with strange ancient pagan rituals and friend/family human sacrifices in order to advance their fame n fortune.. Surely much of that kind of content is deliberate misinfo/disinfo but also unfortunately there was plenty of it created by true believers and there always has and will be scores of half wits waiting to hop on and ride the newest and or most popular ready made conspiracy theory mystery saga's, the new form is echo chamber model tailored to popular bias like Q'anon. Sometimes I feel like I'm starting to understand and agree with Chinas intense censorship of internet/media. ;)

[@SubvertTheState]

Yeah, you just can't click on dumb thumbnails or else you have ruined your algorithm and are doomed to be suggested it non stop lol.

[@sueelliott4793]

@@SubvertTheState You can click the thumbs down and add it to not interested list

[@dthomas9230]

@@nikko.lottsahcocc6917 Bush couldn't mastermind anything. Cheney and Rummy asked for details of the PDB stating "OBL determined to use planes to attack buildings" when W, the most incurious POTUS ever (before trump) said, "OK Brownie you covered your ass, now let's move on." No questions about what kind of planes, how many, what buildings, how many casualties, nothing. Six weeks (or months) earlier a Cessna did a suicide crash into a TX IRS headquarters to protest taxes. W and others thought Cessnas were crashing into buildings on 9/11, and when Card informed W of the 2nd attack when he was at the school reading to kids, W asked "Cessnas", as shown in "Fahrenheit 9/11" by Michael Moore. Project for a New American Century was conjured by Rummy and Cheney after they worked together under G Ford. They wanted Clinton to attack Iraq after the 1st WTC bombing but he refused. SCOTUS denied FL their vote for Gore to put a moron in place who would go to war when they told him to. They knew he would try to stop the OBL attack if he knew they were commercial passenger planes so the TX IRS Cessna suicide mission was perfect. These are my conclusions after reading the transcript of the 9/11 congressional inquiry. I don't do conspiracies. Adam Curtis's "The Power of Nightmares" on BBC and KZbin was helpful in my conclusions.

[@init100]

That's just regular old clickbait, not much different from the tabloid press of any political persuasion. "X did Y. You can't guess what happened next." "Big scoop X. You don't want to miss this." "Big-name TV personality ended her career and was forced off set after hilarious meltdown." (no, there was a small argument, but nothing serious, and nobody was fired)

[@Tristslayer]

Good documentary, your editor remains on point.

[@ussfunny7639]

Very good video

[@TheFlyingBrain.]

This was excellent. Thank you. Your work manifests the kind of personal passion and dedication to accuracy and thoughtfulness I understand and relate to.

[@kaospilot2774]

These videos, let alone this especially, should be curriculum. I'm going to send this link to my high school political science teacher.

[@TheQuixoticRambler]

May be send it to your critical thinking teacher, first!

[@user35678_tt]

Critical thinking teacher FIRST before political cuz Political is killing humanity

[@thebeerhunter98]

@@user35678_ttI’ve never heard of a Critical Thinking teacher or class in American high school curriculum, although critical thinking is a large part of several other subjects.

[@booksandocha]

Damn, impressive work once again. Cogent and well argued, as usual.

[@the_Analogist4011]

At the half hour mark, I was suddenly reminded of the frustration the early communists had in Russia when they were trying to teach the peasants to read in hope of producing political awareness. Many of the peasants used their newfound literacy to read fiction and persisted with indifference towards politics.

[@BrorealeK]

They repeated the mistakes of the anarchists who came before them. Political awareness never develops as part of being preached at from above.

[@lana-jg4ho]

interesting!!!!

[@the_Analogist4011]

​@@lana-jg4ho​ this insight came from Daniel from the WHAT IS POLITICS youtube channel and podcast. He has simply the best channel for political theory

[@bawsack69]

Methinks you're misrepresenting the intentions of the bolsheviks

[@NiVoldiza]

Communists teaching someone about political "awareness" sounds like something out of an article from The Onion with hindsight, knowing how that ideology has done and run things where they've been able to gain a foot hold.

[@phildh9150]

Your effort is appreciated.

[@kanojo1969]

If you want to keep engagement up while these long, complex videos are being made, why not do a weekly vlog of what you are currently researching and what you think of the topic so far? Or whatever. Just regular off-the-cuff check-ins so those of us interested can spend 5 or 10 minutes remembering the channel exists. Surely as you work through the research for these epics, there must be tons of small moments where you discover something surprising, or you find yourself going off on a tangent, or down a rabbit-hole, or whatever. I think there'd be a non-zero group of people interested in short 10-minute unscripted updates while we twiddle our thumbs until the next big release.

[@fromeveryting29]

I think I would like that, too. But I think there is a lot more work that goes into that than we might think.

[@beccangavin]

I’m going to have to watch this twice. There was a lot of information in here.

[@TheQuixoticRambler]

Information was beautifully presented in the first part. Then selectively ignored when it came time to smear others. A group who deserves valid critique, at that!

[@panoptos4163]

Love these longform videos. Hope I can donate again soon.

[@siddhantjaitpal3901]

Well done Lewis.

[@ericcarabetta1161]

How did I miss this video in my feed?! Watching immediately.

[@alexobrien1188]

👍great video!! Thank you

[@ChasquiSoy]

This was wonderful. I didn't know what to expect but the level of analysis surprise me. Keep, the good work

[@ChasquiSoy]

With that said, I recommend reading an obscure sweedish philosopher. Alexander Bard wrote in the 2000 a book called "The Netocrats", a new elite that will rise and prove the movement from Capitalism to Attentionalism. Tech barons and influencers reign in this new world and the new elites have more a triangular shape of hierarchy but at the same time, multiple piramids will form around different epistemic commons

[@Francisco-jk3dg]

i love your documentaries since the spinoza one, u look friendableª!

[@SENATAH]

This channel is a goldmine

[@bobeeman9730]

We all have biases, but i can tell you tried to straddle thhe line. Greaat job!

[@carynmartin6053]

This channel is phenomenally enlightening!🎉❤😊

[@AshleyGraetz]

"The strong rule the weak and the clever govern the strong." B. Rice

[@vincanity15]

Your works are always exceptional. I am speechless

[@caseymckenzie4760]

Great video! i loved how you spent the first half critiquing the setablishment media then pivoted to pro establishment hit piece against independent media. Now that is how how to do propoganda. Keep it up!!

[@ibeamish1]

Exactly.

[@ditesvritinela]

Casey! You stole the word from me mouth, 'damn! 😂

[@vorgryn]

Wow, it's almost like both sides have the same problem and he was pointing it out! Almost like one should do their own research instead of listening to talking heads. 😂

[@MarsRoverYT]

Thank you for taking the time to compile and understand the information for the video! It was well produced and informational. Will be subscribing, and supporting you on patreon for just $1/mo is very tempting

[@Xanzulo]

Yet another video that everyone should watch

[@Blobbyblobblob123]

Thanks!

[@TinaKrauz]

found this very tilted against new independent media. The claim that working in a larger organization is a protection against lies and mistakes, does not prove accurate.

[@thegovernerful]

Oh totally disagree, nothing stops an independent journalist from lying. In an organisation there is a higher thank nothing chance of preventing misinformation.

[@sunnyta1990]

The opposite is far less than that. With companies you can have other people fact check and their veracity is paramount. Single individuals can lie and distort with impunity and as long as they sell you an Us vs Them mindset, nothing will dissuade their fans.

[@init100]

​@@thegovernerful Except the current mainstream media landscape is full of disinformation. Maybe not intentionally, maybe because of a strong deficit in viewpoint and class diversity. The current mainstream media is a pretty small coterie of like-minded individuals who have a similar class background, went to the same universities, live in the same cities and share a similar set of values. To diversify my information sources, I also follow several MAGA channels and several channels run by Bernie Sanders supporters.

[@moustachio05]

This may be the best channel on KZbin genuinely

[@michaelogle9547]

This should be the introduction video for all of KZbin

[@ditesvritinela]

Yeah man, we should like, mandate it!

[@Elina_M2k]

You deserve millions of subscribers. Thank you for what you do. I have watched three of your videos so far and all of them are beyond excellent. May the algorithm gods be with you :)

[@rjbutchko]

So Im only at 1:32:33 so I may be proven wrong but you seem to reveal your own bias against people such as Rogan, Williamson, et al by focusing on that group and not recognizing the same sort of group think from the other side. I think this would have strengthened the point you seem to be making about how the initial diversity of thought the internet provided has degenerated into a sort of self-segregating idealism. What I am seeing, however, calls into question the validity and accuracy of the earlier segments in the video where you speak (truthfully, I thought while watching) of the history of media and what got us to where we are. One further point: calling out Peterson and lumping him in with guys like Tate is a red flag that one hasnt actually listened to what he has to say but rather gets information about him from the left's version of Rattlesnake. Overall, though, I am enjoying the video so far.

[@rjbutchko]

Okay, it gets a bit better from a fairness point of view. I suppose I was hoping for criticism of Pod Save but then I realized that they pretty much go along with anything MSM says. An example of what I see so far as unbiased reporting is the "Unbiased" podcast. She seems to tell it like it is without any sort of slant one way or another.

[@Joeyjojoshabbadoo]

Yeah, this guy is a very devoted liberol. Or rather libbl panderer. It's not subtle, if he thinks it is. Why doesn't he make a video about so-called audience capture, and then use himself as an example, and how he carefully crafts his videos, which would seem to be of high quality as far as it goes, to reliably appeal to his libb followers. Every subject matter where there's ever an opportunity, or a necessity, to make a statement, and gently frame the libertariun, anti-wok set in an unflattering or condescending light, he predictably delivers. In ways that are entirely uncompelling, and to me at least, quite transparent. With his sort of faux knowing, thoughtful tone. I find him fascinating. Someone with his philosophy degree trying to make a go of it on YT in these trying economic times. And he needs them views....

[@dthomas9230]

@@Joeyjojoshabbadoo Libertarian and anti-woke are the Federalist Society's posture imposed on the SCOTUS with the last GOP justices who all want to outlaw dildos, masturbation, cunnilingus, and sixty-nine as made evident in their confirmation hearings.

[@vorgryn]

To be fair, I feel like this video was mainly focused on the KZbin/major alternative news sources and most of those are right leaning. This is not a criticism, but the right has shown a greater ability for creating "official" sources of alternative news that the left has. I mean, sure, there are a few outliers, but most left alternatives aren't exactly professional in nature (Hasan, destiny depending on the day, etc.)

[@rongoldburger]

Spot on, I’m glad I’m not the only one that sees right through this totie… 👍

[@SamHeesen]

You've always made good work. But this video is a perfection of your craft and philosophy. I consider myself relatively well informed, but thanks to this video I feel I've gained a new complex and useful understanding of how the historical, technological, and economic pressures present in the evolution of news media shaped the medium into what it is today, and how those factors continue to do so. I'm so grateful for this new perspective, and have so much respect for all the work and care you have put into crafting meaningful videos with the intention of helping folks see the world more clearly, with all of it's complexity. I intend to donate to you as soon as I can afford to, especially considering what I've just learned about how the need for funding, and the type of funding, shapes the medium itself.

[@lethargic_cow]

Commenting for algorithm 😍😍

[@susiejoyk1287]

Me too!

[@BizarrePudding]

​@@susiejoyk1287Me 3

[@reeferseasalt]

Me too!

[@bosuttlutt]

I don't understand why you do this at this level. I'm always thankful! But just... Floored Everytime that someone I haven't met will talk to me about something and I feel more, and not less human.

[@_7.8.6]

Never been happier to ignore the news

[@doodlesnoodles5581]

This was great. Thanks for making this