I Am So Sick Of Ben Meiselas & His YouTube Channel Meidas Touch

Now is the time for me

I'm grateful, you set me free

Baby one good turn deserves another

Now is the time for you

Pray our dreams come true

Could not see the world around me

You were my world!

But now I keep inside my heart a Brave New Hope!

Sounds a lot like David Pakman. Is Meiselas's content any better?

YouTube is full of clickbait content creators. It's not just them. I enjoy their stuff in moderate doses, but I certainly don't watch every video.

R2 I think David Pakman is more rational in his approach. He does not inundate the internet with YT videos.

OP- Both that channel and Bryan Tyler Cohen. Its all of those clickbait titles and endless Trump is going to lose"updates"- but its all bullshit. The worst part is it makes me think Trump will 100% lose.. I love the guys/ channels other than the clickbait so I did the youtube feature that stops the updates.

They get me TOO pumped up and I don't think its reality.

I agree but I think most youtubers have become so greedy because they didn't realize they could make a damn good living doing this and the more money they make the more money they want.

We got time

Oh, baby, there's no rush!

Gonna be a better day for us!

Hang on

At least he is fighting. All you are doing is complaining.

OP seems to be new the concept of "capitalism."

Clutch those pearls MARY!

I trust BT Cohen a little more than Meiselas who is obviously just hoping his endless "Trump Has a a Meltdown On Stage" bullshit videos have gotten tiresome.

Lately, my feed has been clogged by Luke Beasley. He's a cute (gay) kid, but his "interviews" with trump fans always verge on the cruel. Yes, they are uninformed idiots. We get it. Don't make me feel bad for them because you are poking fun.

I still watch him, but op is right. A lot of his content has become repetitive and unimportant. I find myself exiting the video before it’s half over. The worse are blow by blow narratives on a trump speech.

He’s up to 3 million subscribers, now. I started watching before he had a million. The guy works for his money, especially now that he recently got married.

Most YouTubers are grifters. It's all clickbait garbage.

I still watch some of Meidas Touch videos, but I am more selective and approach them more judicially now. At least half of them have exaggerated click-bait titles or descriptions, and maybe half of them are just slight variations of what they posted same or previous day. They best part may be a small cameo appearance by the hot brother, Jordan Meiselas (middle in photo)

The more you say the less the better

Op needs to get out of the news silo

Ben does have a tendency to haul up every Trump embarrassment and re-remind you of it, when presenting the latest.

The Legal AF podcasts from the network are worth following.

I agree, spots from brother Jason are the highlights.

I agree OP, they post so much repetitive clickbait. And they will recycle the same stories over and over making you think there’s some new scoop every time. I unsubscribed a long time ago.

I said something similar here on DL a couple years ago and got my ass jumped with a threatening "watch who you're talking to and who you're talking about." First time I had deal with a freaky troll going through my post history. I gave up on MTN when they started pushing that scam of group investing in paintings. Every video pushed a sponsor and "Buy our merch! Buy our merch!".

If you're looking for someone who explains legal happenings in layman terms, try Harry Litman and "Talking Feds".

I don’t listen as much as I used to either. It’s too much like “X did Y and you WONT BELIEVE what happened next!”

Also he does three or four short 20 minute podcasts and then one hour-and-a-half podcast that recaps the previous short ones. Every day.

I only watch his channel because his baby brother is so cute. But most of them are all about the clickbait. David Pakman and Jesse Dollemore are the only two that I can tolerate anymore. Luke is too smug and condescending and Brian Tyler Cohen is a terrible interviewer.

I definitely do not watch as often as I used to. Yes, screaming clickbait headlines, repetitive content, or just irrelevant. I forget which brother is which, but the one who is doing more lately is better. What annoys me is how they claim they are a "network" that does "reporting." They report based on what they glean from other sources. And now, Ben is recording from this dark room and he's in low light. He's morphed into Chuck Schumer with his droning. Popok is mostly good except I don't need the "After Dark" videos.

I stopped watching the Pod Save guys a while back because how they all loved Bernie and didn't like Biden. And a few years ago, I think Lovett was on drugs or something. But he seems much better, maybe since he no longer has to deal with the Ronan drama. I still like Favreau and Pfeifer. Anyway, I'm back to watching Pod Save America but not the World.

I'm with you R17, love Michael Popok and his crew of lawyers on Legal AF. Good in-depth analysis of Court briefs etc

Its worse than ever- I unsubscribed from this one and that Jonathan Taylor Thomas or WHATEVER that cute little dark haired guy's name is.

I now check in with both once a week to see what I want to watch-

Every video is basically over dramatized click bait that does not mean shit (and that other channels report on better and without the clickbait)

TRUMPS DONE! TRUMPS DONE! TRUMPS DONE! EVERY FUCKING VIDEO SAYS THIS-

The cute brown haired boy does have good interviews though- I watched one today with a cool politician from CA, and it was great

I watch this one on YouTube and it’s pretty funny. These women don’t take themselves too seriously. It’s relatable at least to me, their perspective of being liberals in a red state and the exhaustion that comes with that.

I kinda crush on Glenn Kirshner though.

OP - Here's the solution: instead of bitching on DL, don't click on their " clickbait." Actually no one cares about what you think of them, so stay away from their channel and live in peace.

I'm not the OP but who appointed you the hall monitor, R27? Many people here are voicing their opinions on the YouTube channel and how bad it's gotten. You should take a bit of your own advice and stay away from this thread and live in peace. Just sayin'

Oh, the old " hall monitor" shit. Laughable.

Old doesn't make it wrong. Keep laughing, you rancid, cockswaddling cunt.

R25 Yes! I love those two batty old bitches. They remind me of DL'ers.

They'll all have to switch to covering Trump's sporadic court appearances if he loses. Whereas FOX gets to badmouth Kamala for four years.

Yes Fox will be the biggest winner if Trump loses. They can bash Kamala for 4 years straight. All the anti Trump guys will just become less important.

I can’t take much of that channel (Meidas) or YoungTurks. Their whole schtick is delivered with an air of pompous self-righteousness.

Pakman is a lot higher tier, but I dialed way back on his stuff the recent couple years for the sake of my own mental health.

Kyle Kulinski is great - I think he’s probably the most underrated commentator in the left-of-center YouTuber space. He avoids corporate sponsorships, so he’s less of a revenue generator machine for himself and sponsors. Dude cracks me up pretty often and I can understand why Krystal Ball got married to him.

Yes that channel became overwhelmingly tacky and repetitive. But Jordy is adorable and I would lick his shitter and drain his dick with great pleasure.

I had to stop watching their videos because they mostly consist of Trump clips and I can’t stand to watch him.

I understand and somewhat agree with the comments about Ben, but I still want to fuck him...

Youtube is just like ebay. It started out unique and one of a kind. After a few years people were realizing how much money this site was bringing in for those participating. Then others started jumping on. Now it is getting so overloaded it is annoying like Meiselas. It YT was smart, they would limit how many videos you can post a week or day but they won't because they are making so much money and I can feel they have gotten greedy because they didn't realize how this was going to work. I'm so sick of the commercials because they haven't discovered how to place them properly and with the amount they are raking in they better get it straightened out.

I was molested.

R35 If the beautiful Jordan had brother Brett's eyes, I couldn't simultaneously look at him and control my bodily functions.

That's what Depends are for, r40.

I'm judicious about which MT posts I click on, and usually quit out after a synopsis of the lead "bombshell revelation".

I have a problem watching Pakman (the way his mouth moves) but I will listen. Kulinski and Majority Report are sometimes good alternatives.

I will watch a couple a day just to get the Cliffs Notes version of how unhinged Trump was at his latest rally or town hall or whatever. I also like Michael Popok, and Michael Cohen can be quite funny. But small doses are enough. I also watch Rick Wilson, Tim Miller, some of Luke Beasley and occasionally Pod Save America. We are inundated with content now more than ever and you have to find a healthy balance. I can only stomach so much political content per day and when/if Kamala is sworn in, I will probably cut back for awhile.

I can't stand the Young Turks most of all out of these political youtubers. The one big oaf really, really rubs me the wrong way.

Pakman is the only one that I watch. He's whip smart, engaging and is honest about where, say, Harris is in the polls on any given day. Yes, he hates Trump, like we all do, but he doesn't lie about where things stand just because his audience might want him to.

Hasan Piker is hitting the wall and his show is so weird. I liked him better when he was on TYT. And what happened to Francis Maxwell?

Just unsubscribe. I get tired of the clickbait too.

R44 is right. David’s titles have a tinge of clickbait to them but the videos have substance. He clearly wants to be taken seriously.

R45 Hasan is a strange duck. So much of what he says is hyperbolic. His followers are probably required to have ADHD to follow him.

The content isn't clickbait, but the titles always are (for obvious reasons). I just ignore the titles. Kirschner, Pakman, Cousins and Cohen are my go-tos.

David gives the facts/numbers here.

R49, Pakman's whole interview was great with that young kid from 'Digital Social Hour' YT channel. Facts based and I'm sure the kid will do better research next time. (Tariffs for example)

[quote]and I'm sure the kid will do better research next time. (Tariffs for example)

You mean *any* research, r50. What kind of podcast does Sean have? He was clueless about a lot of things.

R51 True. He natters away to a lot of 'folks' I see on YT, most of whom I've never heard of mind you . 1mill+ subs BUT not a lot of views on each video....suss.

Kyle Kulinski bugs me because he believes that Marianne Williamson is presidential material. She is not. I love Krystal though.

R45 what do you mean?? FM has been sucked into the MTN vortex with a few comments. I think you'll find he makes short films and probably comments on sport stuff.

THIS is a new video and a good one-

WEAK rally turnout- confirmed my CNN journalist-- Trump walking around silently for 16 minutes-

R54 I didn’t know that.

What will happen with Ben and the rest of the click-bait squads when Trump loses? Will they turn on Harris/Waltz and proclaim them Russian operatives? How will these boys survive the win!!!

Next thing MTN will cover will be all the court cases against TFG. Volumes and volumes. Steve Bannon's court case. Giuliani's payments to Shaye Moss and her mother. The demise of Alex Jones. Melon Husk and all his election interference fuckery.