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Raftergirl

(2,026 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
8 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 9 hrs ago #1
On DU we can trash any post that contains the word "bombshell" FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #13
So, more Cronkite and less carnival barking? Baitball Blogger 9 hrs ago #2
Preferably.... paleotn 6 hrs ago #23
It's always just "one simple trick " ornotna 8 hrs ago #3
Yes... absolutely! You get it! QueerDuck 8 hrs ago #4
I haven't clicked on a Midas Touch video in a long time Ms. Toad 8 hrs ago #5
I dislike their tabloid approach DinahMoeHum 6 hrs ago #26
Like the stage collapsed at the County Fair tag line? Bengus81 5 hrs ago #30
It's not only "progressive" YouTube channels TVguyCards 8 hrs ago #6
You should post dweller 8 hrs ago #11
List of these Channels if interested 3825-87867 6 hrs ago #17
I am guilty of clicking on Meidas Touch every night Rastapopoulos 6 hrs ago #18
I don't click on the anything with those headlines...LOL LeftInTX 1 hr ago #46
Good list! A_Woman_from_MI 5 hrs ago #32
Nice list. I would add... masmdu 4 hrs ago #34
Wow Cirsium 8 hrs ago #7
lol I know these terms mean nothing but I would definitely not call Really American or Meidas Touch "progressive" WhiskeyGrinder 8 hrs ago #8
It's entertainment, not news. Of course, YouTube content creators are only concerned with the money Raftergirl 8 hrs ago #9
Well said, you! 🫂 QueerDuck 8 hrs ago #10
BOOM! IrishAfricanAmerican 7 hrs ago #12
Oh absolutely PatSeg 7 hrs ago #14
Same for me, with few exceptions I'd rather read the story than listen to the dumb video FakeNoose 6 hrs ago #27
Yeah, I've experienced the PatSeg 4 hrs ago #35
If you read Cory Doctorow's book, "Enshittification," dlk 7 hrs ago #15
There are still some some gems in the crap. Shipwack 7 hrs ago #16
I do like Aaron Parnas for straight news. He doesn't do hyperbole. Amaryllis 6 hrs ago #19
Wow - a lot of determination to knock down progressives - TBF 6 hrs ago #20
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 6 hrs ago #21
I won't click on video links with scare headlines. mn9driver 6 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 6 hrs ago #24
My approach is to not subscribe... WestMichRad 6 hrs ago #25
Yes... I didn't realize that my early subscription was helping to feed the monster... QueerDuck 6 hrs ago #28
Yeah, it's my defense mechanism WestMichRad 4 hrs ago #36
I have stopped watching Meidas Touch as well Bev54 5 hrs ago #29
Meidas Touch posted 14 videos in the past 24 hours Sympthsical 5 hrs ago #31
That many makes me wonder if... WestMichRad 4 hrs ago #38
Doubt that but he's banking serious coin and keeps posting and posting Bengus81 3 hrs ago #40
The thumbnails are frequently AI Sympthsical 3 hrs ago #41
I follow some of the black content creators Keepthesoulalive 5 hrs ago #33
I like coachd... QueerDuck 4 hrs ago #37
Definitely Keepthesoulalive 4 hrs ago #39
Frankly, most of them suck. Behind the Aegis 2 hrs ago #42
Three cheers for pet videos! ❤️🥰🥳 QueerDuck 2 hrs ago #43
Exactly. They're profiting while trump is in office IcyPeas 2 hrs ago #44
I watch YouTube for entertainment, it's more interesting than more than an hour of MSM. GoodRaisin 2 hrs ago #45
...lately 9 out of 10 videos are labeled "All Hell Breaks loose..... joanbarnes 1 hr ago #47
I'm a YouTube content creator. Wednesdays 56 min ago #48
I absolutely agree! Trueblue Texan 18 min ago #49
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