Look, when YouTubers start claiming they’ve “exposed” something mainstream media has been exposing for years, ya gotta say something!
Anyway, a few thoughts on Karl Stefanovic, Pete Zogoulas and Drew Pavlou:
youtu.be/e7Nvtey9DOU?...
Did a Media Watch on myself with a "Backchat" segment to go through some of the feedback/comments on my last Megyn Kelly video, and make a few corrections/clarifications.
And a defence of Kenny.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAr-...
...check this out.
(Hint: It's because she thinks it plays well with her audience.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjNQ...
Graph tracking the increasing use of profanity over time on the Megyn Kelly Show.
You're not imagining it - Megyn Kelly really does swear more these days:
I got Claude to write a code that scraped the transcripts of her show to track the use of profanity over time. This is what it came back with - looks like an upward trend to me!
For more on WHY this is happening...
I set out to review Megyn Kelly, and ended up making a 45-minute exploration of audience capture.
Old Megyn Kelly feels like a different person entirely.
New Megyn Kelly - and her vision of the future of "journalism" - depresses me. And I think she's doing her audience a great disservice.
It is very rare to come across someone in the gender/feminism/parenting discourse who is (imo!) offering a fresh, sane, and useful perspective. So I was delighted when, a few months ago, I came across Elena Bridgers’ Substack. Review here: theinternetreviewed.substack.com/p/inconvenie...
Do we really want the Epstein files parsed for us by the Real Housewives of Bondi? open.substack.com/pub/theinter...
Vladimir Putin was "about to die" in 2022. But... didn't.
This is a cautionary tale about why you shouldn't get your geopolitical & foreign affairs news from the same place you get your crazy-new-flavour-of-Twisties news.
It's also about immortal Russian dogs. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz55...
Hi! Oh wow I had no idea this had showed up there - thank you! I missed this notification, sorry for the slow response!
We are doing the internet all wrong.
The freaks of the online world get so much attention - when there are absolute gems just sitting there, quietly, waiting for us to discover their excellent content. Here’s one example -
@engwithrosie.bsky.social : youtu.be/axc-GNY4VBM?...
Confessions of an Online Ad Actor
An *EXCLUSIVE* with "Teddy Reech" - aka Scott Curtis, a UGC creator/actor who's done over a thousand online/social media ads.
He's got a great story to tell about an AI footage farming operation... and what it's like selling boner pills.
youtu.be/sSkqE4bEybo?...
Enshittification? Sacrificed a credit card to prove an app being advertised on Instagram is a scam.
Reported it to Instagram as a scam/fraud.
Instagram's "technology" decided my report wasn't worth them reviewing.
It remains on their platform :)
youtu.be/1BQW5cxlUy4?...
This is my 15 minute documentary about how AI is turbocharging enshittification.
Or maybe it's just a Public Service Announcement for anyone seeing ads for AI-generated “educational” apps: be warned - they are slop at best, scams at worst.
youtu.be/y0BcCKUO0tE?...
Text summary at Substack:
theinternetreviewed.substack.com/p/who-really...
Full review at YouTube:
youtu.be/lEOw4ajH_4c?...
A critical review of those that critically review the biggest podcast in the world... why not?
A few little thoughts on "quotes" that aren't quotes open.substack.com/pub/theinter...
Agree! Almost included a line about maybe not dying on the credit card hill, but certainly stamping my feet on it for a while.
This stuff matters - the short term gain of public attention comes at the long term cost of trust.
Does getting something wrong matter, if it's for the right reason?
What if you're wrong by a LOT? Does that warrant a correction? Maybe I'm just a pedant... but I reckon it does!
This is a story about accuracy v activism, and crazy-making post-truth era we're in.
youtu.be/_dRSuTlilp4?...
Why would I recommend you follow someone who's been called a "charlatan", a "monster", a "closeted right-winger" taking funding from "far-right billionaires", and a "génocidaire" who should "be in prison for crimes against humanity"? Find out...
youtu.be/0WTLzUiW-vk?...
Is the @publicdomainrev.bsky.social the loveliest corner of the internet? Kenny and I say yes. youtu.be/r7h_kKbOEA4?...
Important BREAKING BENCH NEWS:
* A Chinese magazine published a very weird article telling the *opposite* version of the spiky bench lie in 2014
* There really WAS a bench in Yantai that someone was charging people to sit on
* I FOUND FABIAN! We had a chat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI7C...
Thanks Derek!!
Featuring the excellent @librarybunny.bsky.social to talk content farms, & fighting disinformation by debunking fake crafting hacks :)
If you miss "The Checkout", I reckon you'll love "How To Cook That", Ann Reardon's excellent YouTube channel.
It's a baking channel that's really about truth, trust & trickery online. And it's for anyone fooled by a viral 'hack' or recipe that doesn't work.
My review: youtu.be/69QwfCYJ8u4?...
Hi @librarybunny.bsky.social - I would love to speak with you for a piece I am researching. Could you follow me back so I can send a DM?
Cheers,
Kirsten :)
Thanks also to @buzzfeed.com, @linkedin.com and @internetarchive.bsky.social
I recently lost my mind, several days, and a significant chunk of my sanity trying to work out whether China really does have coin-operated park benches that stab you in the arse when your time is up.
The result is basically an ad for the @waybackmachine.bsky.social
youtu.be/aSZ4RUFA7VQ?...
“Inside China Business” is a fascinating YouTube channel (& Substack) getting a LOT of love for its “brilliant analysis”.
It’s been called the “best channel in history”, but also accused of being anti-US/anti-West propaganda… I think it’s well worth a look. My review here: youtu.be/CxwQHyFrbA0?...
Couldn’t agree more. I listened (also in chunks!) and had the same reaction. It wasn’t something that on the surface I thought would hold my attention for so long!
If Joe Rogan is the problem, Joe Walker @josephnoelwalker.bsky.social might just be the solution.
My review of his excellent pod The Joe Walker Podcast (formerly The Jolly Swagman) here: youtu.be/NY8FeUHDk5U?...
Similar on the surface to JRE, very different in execution. Great for #auspol too.