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In reply to the discussion: Progressive YouTubers HATE This One Simple Trick! (Shocking Media Secrets Revealed!) 😱🔥 [View all]TVguyCards
(142 posts)doing this but basically a whole lot of channels from all walks of life outside of politics.
The reason?
You have less than 2 seconds to get the attention of a viewer. This goes back to the old magazine era when places like grocery stores had multiple aisles filled with magazines (who else remembers that? 😀 ) and that still applies today on sites like YouTube. It's done intentionally. And can you blame them?
It's important that we remember many of these channels are basically a 1 or 2 man show. It's their sole source of income so advertising dollars is how they make their money. Naturally the more viewers you get the more money you make so ya, you want something which immediately engages the viewer so they find it interesting and therefor will click to watch it.
The problem I have is when the thumbnail is misinformation and very misleading. That though is of course a different issue entirely but it does warrant it to be brought up and put into context. They're doing what they need to do in order to make a living so the scenario is "Don't hate the player, hate the game!"
FYI - I definitely don't consider MeidasTouch "Progressive" by any means of the word. I see them as a standard Liberal channel. Now I know you're going to ask me "Well what do you consider progressive to be then?" So I thought I'd share a few channels with you of some of my favorite leftist channels. These include both progressive and the Socialist left.
And maybe some others will fine these channels good and interesting too. YMMV 👍
The Majority Report
Matt Binder who also hosts the Leftist Mafia with several hosts. It's VERY good!
The Humanist Report
Punch Up Pod
The Vanguard
Katie Halper
U.S. Democratic Socialists
Secular Talk
The Rational National
The Serf Times
Hasan
Drop Site News