IIRC there was an expose a long time back that they were on Bill and Melinda Gates foundation’s payroll to push their agenda in their videos.
Very strange indeed. I wonder if Kurzgesagt has done something to upset the crowds? I haven’t watched any of their stuff in a year or two, but the ones I did watch were excellent and I thought they were well liked and popular. And accurate. And willing to correct their mistakes.
Maybe I’ve missed something.
deathmetal27@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.social 20 hours ago
What agenda is that?
deathmetal27@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
This video explains it www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHMoNGqQTI
mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 day ago
I have no idea! They seemed like they were great to me.
HiroK@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think it’s just people being weary of these “i fixed cancer guys” stories
Malica@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Too many people have family that fell for faith healing and/or cancer curing supplements.
BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.social 20 hours ago
Welp, the good new is that its at +7 now lol
rimu@piefed.social 20 hours ago
+8!
BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.social 19 hours ago
Line going up!
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 16 hours ago
IIRC it was a lack of transparency regarding funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, some videos with very dubious science behind them presented as fact, and I believe one case of essentially plagiarism from another creator (there was at least some dispute).
They did since come out and apologized for some of it but the whole drama did sour the channel for some people.
Dultas@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
IIRC there was one about drug addiction a while back that was backed by some dubious science as well.