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kentuck

(115,067 posts)
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 12:49 PM 6 hrs ago

You Tube used to be a good source for original news... [View all]

It has become unbearable.

They will say and do anything to get a click. They pretend their story was put up in the last hour and when you click on it, you realize the story is about 6 months old or older. They create headlines to get your attention and their reports have nothing at all to do with their headlines. They tell the same story over and over and over, hoping someone will click on their bait. They just change their headline.

Some of them, such as Ben Meiselas, will report on Donald Trump a dozen times per day and pretend that he has something new to say. He will talk about Trump "decaying" hands and how he is dying right in front of us. He wants 6 million subscribers.

It is getting more difficult to find good news reports on You Tube.

You Tube used to be a good source but they are doing great damage to the dissemination of information, in my opinion. Perhaps it is just me, but they are becoming unwatchable.

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Agree, a lot of retreads even from 10 years ago, and the new AI impersonations bucolic_frolic 5 hrs ago #1
YouTube is the worst for AI impersonators! kentuck 5 hrs ago #4
AI impersonations enid602 4 hrs ago #9
I don't use YT for news. sakabatou 5 hrs ago #2
I use YT for music and sports a lot... kentuck 5 hrs ago #5
You took the word right out of my mouth. Boomerproud 5 hrs ago #7
I have notice this as well... FarPoint 5 hrs ago #3
My "nuclear" option Tasmanian Devil 5 hrs ago #6
Worse even, it gets posted here. Oftentimes, without comment. flvegan 5 hrs ago #8
That is really irritating PatSeg 3 hrs ago #18
Alternatives: snot 4 hrs ago #10
For me, the sharp decline started about 6 months ago Dave says 3 hrs ago #11
It isn't just you. OldBaldy1701E 3 hrs ago #12
The clickbait titles have gotten out of hand. mdbl 3 hrs ago #13
Very few YouTube channels are fact-bound GreatGazoo 3 hrs ago #14
It doesn't help here, either... FiveFifteen 3 hrs ago #15
I agree, but note how much we use it...however we should advocate for required disclaimers on non original sites & posts NowsTheTime 3 hrs ago #16
Meiselas is bad in that way iemanja 3 hrs ago #17
Completely agree. Buddyzbuddy 3 hrs ago #19
Have you seen "The Daily Beans"? GoCubsGo 2 hrs ago #20
As far a Youtube news, I only click on news/opinion from content creators I know and like to hear their take on things ToxMarz 2 hrs ago #21
Here are my current youtube go-to channels for Independent Media: barbtries 2 hrs ago #22
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