My Hot Take for the Day
After the James Somerton situation, the SWOOP exposes Johnny Silvestri in the Colleen Ballinger situation, and other videos where youtubers do serious investigative work, I feel like some of these youtubers should be recognized for their efforts.
SWOOP has already been on multiple news outlits for her youtube videos, why don't we give these people more recognition?
I can already name some people that should, I don't know, get an award for investigative journalism or something
Coffeezilla (Specifically regarding his SBF & Save The Kids Crypto scam series)
SWOOP (The Colleen Ballinger series, specifically)
Hbomberguy (For the Plagiarism, Roblox, vaccines, and climate change videos specifically)
Philosophy Tube (specifically for the vaccine video, that was an awesome study)
FriendlyJordies (Got his house fire bombed when he investigated Australia's government & many more people & organizations)
This is a starting list, but please, feel free to add to the list, we need to give these people more recognition!
I don't know the best way to formally recognize youtubers for investigative journalism, but I do know these are some people you should take seriously. Their work is unmatched.
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so sad theyre gonna disappear mysteriously 😞 rip in peace to the real ones
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WATCH AND REBLOG ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE AUSTRALIAN
this is an absolutely insane journalistic piece on the CIA long and ongoing involvement in the australian government. I never even knew the existance of Pine Gap, stolen land left almost empty because of a colonist genocide being used as the scope aimed on every country that inconveniences the american empire.
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Hey tumblr a year ago local australian youtuber/investigative journalist friendjordies house was firebombed. This is the video that they tried to kill him for (allegedly)
You'll notice it's a reupload. That's because a year later the police "investigations" haven't worried the crime family in question. They continued to threaten jordy until he finally pulled the video. Sure would be a shame if a whole lot more people watched it because of those threats 👀
Come on people. Streisand effect these bastards.
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from the new boyboy video on pine gap!
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Because we've been talking a lot about journalism, censorship, and the politics of fear.
Here's the video they threatened him into taking down. I recommend watching it on pure principle, even if you can't make heads or tails of Australian politics.
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I suppose in a weird way it's impressive that the New South Wales police / government are SO corrupt, millions of eyes around the world can be on them, and they're STILL openly threatening people and commanding everyone to shut up.
This is like Yakuza level shit. The Yakuza get away with it because they are semi-officially permitted to do their shit, at least the way I heard it.
But I didn't think Australia had legal exemptions for crooked property developers who employ Lebanese mobsters.
I guess Jordan and the rest of us get it now.
Hey Australia - I guess your democracy is a failing joke, too.
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Well holy shit.
friendlyjordies got the Australian equivalent of the CIA's "Excellence in Journalism" award.
.... He isn't Dead, but they had to remove a video out of fear others would become so.
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I keep seeing this ad for this white wine "Fat Bastard" at my local train station...
and I couldn't fucking help myself...
Heavy Harry would so get in on it...
Watch this for the full effect...
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the boys made it to the pine gap wiki!!!!!!!!!
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There is a genocide taking place in Papua New Guinea and no one is talking about it. Yes it's important to talk about Palestine, Sudan, Armenia and Congo but please take the time to educate yourself about what's going on in PNG. Indonesia is dropping bombs on people whose only method of fighting back is with bows and arrows.
The video linked has far more extensive information. Please spread this around.
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I would say I'm surprised but I'm really not
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This Soldier Threatened to Sue Me - friendlyjordies
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How Much Money Can We Launder In A Day?
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Coffeezilla and FriendlyJordies are like the boogeyman for shady mfs
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