Mark Gagnon believes that the media sensationalizes stories based on profitability and political narratives rather than objective truth.

“is it possible that those like the way that the story's framed just makes less money you know what i mean like if there's a white dude that does it and they're like oh we can antagonize white people and get white people riled up that'll give us more money”

Linus believes that while independent creators like those at Gamers Nexus are not traditional journalists, they still have an obligation to follow objective ethical standards if they label their work

“If he wants to use word words like ethics or investigative journalism then there are objective standards that he needs to app hold and he doesn't get to decide when they're important and when they're not”

News organizations that knowingly disseminate false information during elections should face regulatory consequences like FCC intervention.

“I think that there there must be some FCC action or something to where it can't be that you openly pushed a lie for an entire election season that you knew was a lie and there were no consequences for that except the $780 million payout to Dominion.”

Media outlets like CNN intentionally misreport details like race to manipulate the narrative in favor of their preferred political agenda.

“They say possibly white because they desperately, regardless of this person's motives, which we'll have more on in just a second, and why he perhaps did it or what his psychological condition was or anything else, they would prefer that the shooter be white, right?”

The current model of 24-hour cable news needs to be reassessed because it fails to dedicate resources to covering the breadth of important stories.

“And I think that model needs to be reassessed because you just are not then using the entire landscape of the program that you have to make sure that you're getting in all of the stories that actually need coverage.”

Netflix and Richard Gadd have failed in their duty of care by not sufficiently disguising her identity, which led to her being identified by internet sleuths.

“I think at the very least the Netflix duty of care and Richard G's duty of care has been a spectacular failure I agree right regardless of anything else regardless of your culpability of anything the duty of care has failed because people identified you incredibly quickly”

Targeting a public figure's family members and personal history during an interview can serve as a tactic to incite harassment campaigns.

“When you when you say that when you said the guy's name and then try to tie it into racism, I I know that you know this, Piers, but the left broadly will do these harassment campaigns. These harassment campaigns are designed specifically to incite the violence of their many of their mentally ill fol”

Abby argues that other content creators often use public criticism of fellow influencers as a manipulative tool to gain views and improve their own standing at the expense of others.

“they saw an opportunity they saw people getting so mad at this Creator they're like oh I can get viewership off of this if I make a video bashing this Creator then I will get views I will get clout I can get more followers I can get more money”

He argues that mainstream media figures like Bill Maher helped create the current polarized climate by dismissing conservative critics as racist and now refuse to take responsibility.

“Bill Maher was the worst offender. Back then, while he had a platform that was relevant. Bill Maher said that critics of Barack Obama were racist. Most Half of the country was a They were a bunch of dumb, racist rednecks, the clinging to Bible to your religion and guns. That was Bill Maher, and he's”

Ryan Clark believes that content creators should avoid providing a platform for drama, hate, or chaos.

“I don't want to platform evil. I don't want to platform hate. I don't want to platform dissension just because, right? I don't want to be connected to that.”

Journalists have a responsibility to challenge the views of public figures, even when those views are extreme or offensive.

“if an adult is is not an adult in the room to ask the hard questions and hold uh these type of of voices accountable, then they just run unchecked.”

The ease of access to social media has ushered in a verification era where celebrities can no longer easily hide negative behaviors or character flaws.

“I think we're in an interesting time which I've started to call uh the verification era so like the thing with ellen everyone has you know this equal platform to spread their voice and verify whether or not someone's actually a good person or a bad person right”

Interviews with controversial figures are more effective when the interviewer seeks to understand the subject's logic rather than attempting to embarrass them.

“it is important to actually genuinely be trying to gain a better understanding of his reasoning and in his arguments and not just trying to win or embarrass because in the long run, I think that will backfire and that will cause him to become bigger.”

Cam Newton argues that a platform owner's role is to allow guests to speak their truth without censoring or controlling the conversation.

“You cannot allow people to come on your platform and you control how it goes. >> You only can allow them to speak their truth how they know their truth to be.”