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BrainBurner  ·  3377 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hank Green: Holy Shit I Interviewed the President

    Glozell, Bethany and I don’t sit in fancy news studios surrounded by fifty thousand dollar cameras and polished metal and glass backdrops with inlayed 90-inch LCD screens. People trust us because we’ve spent years developing a relationship with them. We have been scrutinized and found not evil. Our legitimacy comes from honesty, not from cultural signals or institutions.

Just because your honest doesn't mean the information your putting out is necessarily more trustworthy or correct than any other organization. YouTube is the last place I would go for informed, legitimate news and political opinion, and I can't respect anyone who treats it as their primary source of information. Fox News and MSNBC may not be considered legitmate news sources, but there are any other number of news organizations that I still trust. The NY Times and Washington Post instantly spring to mind.

Get off your high horse, Hank Green.