Independent news networks are vital for uncovering stories that the government-subsidized legacy media chooses to ignore.

“it's one point .5 billion a year plus $600 million in advertising from the federal government to have no audience they have no audience right except people over 60 and they've been struggling to get a purchase on YouTube for like 10 years they've disallowed comments because that's how clueless they ”

Independent reporting is essential to uncovering corruption and holding power to account when mainstream media fails to do so.

“I think it's just more so standing up for the people that actually represent you. And it's necessary because if some there needs to be somebody to do it, if it takes a 23-year-old to do it, that's my responsibility is to show people what's actually happening.”

He believes independent journalists are currently the most important competitors to mainstream media because they are willing to take risks to report on controversial stories.

“Today the biggest competition they have is independent journalists that are willing to go out there and be edgy, that are willing to go have 10 hours of sleep in 3 days to expose a story.”

Independent media is a necessary reaction to the widespread corruption and propaganda efforts of the mainstream media establishment.

“I think these alternatives are building in reaction to basically the corruption of the mainstream media which I think you're spot on about”

Independent news is a crucial counterweight to failing corporate media that effectively holds powerful figures and government institutions accountable.

“This is big, folks. And I think this also shows the power of independent news. And when you have people like Katie Fang out there and Allison Gil and some of these heroes that I am so fortunate to be working with every day, they're putting out the foyer requests. They're fighting.”

Independent media should focus on presenting unfiltered facts and all sides of an issue without bias or opinion to allow audiences to reach their own conclusions.

“I don't think I should be telling you what the truth is. I think I should just give it to you. Say, here's everything. Here's the entire picture. Here's all the narratives. Here's all the color. Now, what do you believe?”

Independent journalists offer a more transparent and credible alternative to legacy media by taking full personal responsibility for their work.

“When you're your own media organization, when you are you, every single broadcast, every single post carries your credibility with it. I think people here respect that. I think the viewers respect that, and government officials respect that.”

Objective news is an illusion, and journalists should acknowledge their own subjectivity rather than pretending to be neutral.

“no one's objective this whole objective news thing. Everyone's objective so just go and and show the subjectivity and so I think you involve yourself in the story.”

He emphasizes that independent media is essential because it is the only coverage reporting from the ground in marginalized communities.

“And again guys, for less than $5 a month, we have been the only independent news, the actually the only news on the ground out here in Bedford, Maine, and Scarboro, Maine, in Portland, Maine.”