@briantrumpet
@Psamathe
Very odd sentiments gentleman. Very odd. From two articulate people, one of whom I know pretty well. I find it odd that you won't view a 10 minute piece by an accredited news organisation who are as good as any of the usual sources.
MSNBC News is a national news broadcaster with millions of viewers in the same way ITV posts YT videos. Would you watch ITV/BBC/Chanell 4 news on the television but not the same news clips on YT?! The clip above is not some cobbled piece from some random YT political commentator.
Woe to them who contradict your POV or present an alternative perspective through a video clip. They will find themselves facing a brick wall. There is hypocricy in that. I find this strange, myopic and arrogant.
'Ooooh' says the William McGonagall's 'oooo, that's not proper media, why should I bother my @rse? I'm too clever for Youtube, I would rather see it in writing or from a 'main stream source' !?
I think you should both hire a PA, he/she can take notes and give you a precis of the video content and then perhaps we could resume the conversation?
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You don't get that on MSNBC news BTW Psamathe.
All the main stream media outlets on YT have subscribe and like and comment icons. No one is asking you to subscribe or like or comment from main stream media but still you both refuse to watch anything on YT bar the inane?
On YT, there is high quality political comment and analysis. You have to sift through the garbage but you will not get Forbes Breaking News in UK written media for example. Forbes Breaking News has live coverage and reams of detailed congress nominations, questioning, accountability hearings, senate hearings etc etc. Therein lies a window into the mechanics of US politics and Democracy most relevant to this thread and you hear very articulate language from Senators such as Ron Wyden above ^.. Padilla made a statement in congress following his arrest. He was excellent. It's all there.
The Forbes clips come with no commentary so it allows the viewer to make up their own minds. There was Kash Patel's Grilling, Hegseth, Noem, RFK jnr et al, all grilled by the senate.
The Daily Beast has some excellent political commentary too with very good contributors. All on YT.
But oh no, that's on YT. I refuse to watch YT. It's irrelevant to me. It won't give me another perspective, I have all the perspective I need. It's a type of a media source that is derelict, corrupt and commercialised...
I specially selected the following inane video for you both.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJbGaLPSVeA