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Raftergirl

(2,027 posts)
9. It's entertainment, not news. Of course, YouTube content creators are only concerned with the money
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 10:06 AM
19 hrs ago

they can make by getting subscribers and the numbers of views. That’s how they make money. Which, of course is their sole goal.

It’s all content creators on YouTube, not just “progressive” content creators.

If you want real news, read a newspaper, or mags like The Atlantic or The New Yorker, etc., which have real serious journalist writing for them.

The amount of posts with crap from YouTube channels just on this site is disturbing, imo.

And stop using the term main stream media, which the right used to tar and feather journalism, and which the left has now happily jumped on that bandwagon, too.

That’s how they got so many people to watch Fox News when they brandished everything else, at the time, Main Street Media. Now Fox is considered that so they turned to the news outlets that are even worse propagandist.


The stupid on both sides is scary and reflects, what I consider, mass gullibility by a majority of the people who have the attention span of gnats.

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K and R FalloutShelter 20 hrs ago #1
On DU we can trash any post that contains the word "bombshell" FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #13
So, more Cronkite and less carnival barking? Baitball Blogger 20 hrs ago #2
Preferably.... paleotn 17 hrs ago #23
It's always just "one simple trick " ornotna 20 hrs ago #3
Yes... absolutely! You get it! QueerDuck 20 hrs ago #4
I haven't clicked on a Midas Touch video in a long time Ms. Toad 20 hrs ago #5
I dislike their tabloid approach DinahMoeHum 17 hrs ago #26
Like the stage collapsed at the County Fair tag line? Bengus81 16 hrs ago #30
It's not only "progressive" YouTube channels TVguyCards 19 hrs ago #6
You should post dweller 19 hrs ago #11
List of these Channels if interested 3825-87867 18 hrs ago #17
I am guilty of clicking on Meidas Touch every night Rastapopoulos 17 hrs ago #18
I don't click on the anything with those headlines...LOL LeftInTX 12 hrs ago #46
Good list! A_Woman_from_MI 16 hrs ago #32
Nice list. I would add... masmdu 15 hrs ago #34
Wow Cirsium 19 hrs ago #7
lol I know these terms mean nothing but I would definitely not call Really American or Meidas Touch "progressive" WhiskeyGrinder 19 hrs ago #8
It's entertainment, not news. Of course, YouTube content creators are only concerned with the money Raftergirl 19 hrs ago #9
Well said, you! 🫂 QueerDuck 19 hrs ago #10
BOOM! IrishAfricanAmerican 18 hrs ago #12
Oh absolutely PatSeg 18 hrs ago #14
Same for me, with few exceptions I'd rather read the story than listen to the dumb video FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #27
Yeah, I've experienced the PatSeg 15 hrs ago #35
If you read Cory Doctorow's book, "Enshittification," dlk 18 hrs ago #15
There are still some some gems in the crap. Shipwack 18 hrs ago #16
I do like Aaron Parnas for straight news. He doesn't do hyperbole. Amaryllis 17 hrs ago #19
Agreed BlueKota 9 hrs ago #54
Wow - a lot of determination to knock down progressives - TBF 17 hrs ago #20
RIGHT. Let us Liberals and Progressives B.See 7 hrs ago #56
I dont care about likes and I dont read comments on utube because I 've known for years its a game. I watch content Cheezoholic 17 hrs ago #21
I won't click on video links with scare headlines. mn9driver 17 hrs ago #22
I don't particularly care for those channels production style and I don't watch them very often for that reason ToxMarz 17 hrs ago #24
My approach is to not subscribe... WestMichRad 17 hrs ago #25
Yes... I didn't realize that my early subscription was helping to feed the monster... QueerDuck 17 hrs ago #28
Yeah, it's my defense mechanism WestMichRad 15 hrs ago #36
I have stopped watching Meidas Touch as well Bev54 17 hrs ago #29
Meidas Touch posted 14 videos in the past 24 hours Sympthsical 16 hrs ago #31
That many makes me wonder if... WestMichRad 15 hrs ago #38
Doubt that but he's banking serious coin and keeps posting and posting Bengus81 14 hrs ago #40
The thumbnails are frequently AI Sympthsical 14 hrs ago #41
I follow some of the black content creators Keepthesoulalive 16 hrs ago #33
I like coachd... QueerDuck 15 hrs ago #37
Definitely Keepthesoulalive 15 hrs ago #39
Frankly, most of them suck. Behind the Aegis 13 hrs ago #42
Three cheers for pet videos! ❤️🥰🥳 QueerDuck 13 hrs ago #43
Exactly. They're profiting while trump is in office IcyPeas 13 hrs ago #44
I watch YouTube for entertainment, it's more interesting than more than an hour of MSM. GoodRaisin 13 hrs ago #45
...lately 9 out of 10 videos are labeled "All Hell Breaks loose..... joanbarnes 12 hrs ago #47
I'm a YouTube content creator. Wednesdays 12 hrs ago #48
I absolutely agree! Trueblue Texan 11 hrs ago #49
Jack was a disappointment for me ... QueerDuck 10 hrs ago #50
Pro tip canetoad 10 hrs ago #51
So, it's just progressives doing this? ... NeoTrajan 10 hrs ago #52
They irritate the crap out of me. BlueKota 9 hrs ago #53
If I see a yellow arrow, I ignore mcar 8 hrs ago #55
OMFG, yes! Clickbait bullshit is ruining everything! Initech 7 hrs ago #57
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