Original title: She Really Thought Nobody Would Notice
I changed the title to describe what the video is about in a clearer and less clickbaity way.
Description:
Georgia Tree, WA Labor’s candidate for the Secret Harbour by-election, dodges questions about her past role as a Woodside lobbyist before admitting on camera she’s pro-gas. Woodside donated over $13,000 to Labor shortly after her candidacy was announced.
eremophila@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Difficult to take anything seriously that has “influencer” in the title as if that is a good thing.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 week ago
It was simply the most accurate term I could think of. They’re not a proper journalist, even if in this context they seem to be doing some pretty damn good (if not especially difficult) journalism.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Maybe ‘podcaster’ or ‘YouTuber’? The Wikipedia page labels ‘Punter’s Politics’ as a podcast: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punter's_Politics
They seem to post a lot on various social media too, though, so I see where you’re coming from.
eremophila@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Some of the youtubers are more like what “proper journalists” are meant to be than the vast majority of the people working for mainstream media are.
eremophila@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
I would probably go with youtuber as suggested by zero-gravitas
The term influencer is not a positive one, on the internet it means to manipulate.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I know you didn’t ask, but Punters Politics is great btw… Very level-headed political analysis in the videos I’ve seen from him, and he seems to be getting through positive messaging to a young demographic with his approach. Which is so important with all the mountains of cash being astroturfed into fake groups like ‘Advance Australia’ to push pro-oil&gas and anti-Greens messaging to that non-politically informed demo.
eremophila@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
youtuber Swollen Pickles has also done some good work, informative and entertaining.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Oh yeah I’m a big fan. Only discovered him a few months ago but he does great stuff.
But in this case he’s not the one being referred to as an “influencer”. That was the creator of the video Punter Konrad is commenting on in this video.
Which as it happens, I just discovered was created by an actual legit independent journalist, Jesse Noakes.