Yes, admittedly I go through cycles of churning through content. There was a brief period some months ago when his videos were… still clickbait-y but the information provided in them was actually news. Now it’s mostly just a circlejerk about how bad the Trump admin is which, yes I think we can all agree with that. What I dislike about him is how he leverages his platform to, as I said, monologue with unending eye contact. I have since unsubscribed, yet the algorithm sure does want me to keep seeing his videos.

To question of ‘Do people wear this title willingly?’, yes he absolutely does — he makes sure to remind his audience regularly in his monologues.

There are content providers like Meidas Touch that I think are… good. At this point in my life I’m extremely skeptical of anything that tries to send me a message, which is probably a valuable thing to live by if it weren’t so god damned exhausting. Which I think is the point regarding the bad actors trying to undermine public trust in news organizations.

I appreciate you taking the time to write your message. It is refreshing to know that, even if mine is colored by my personal frustrations, that there are people who share my state of mind. I’ll have to watch the discussion between Stewart and Amanpour.