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11. Youtube has plenty

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 07:21 PM

Dec 2025

Of excellent videos - documentaries, crime, instructional etc. But it's becoming hard to wade through the cesspool of AI, breathless hyperbole and straight up fakes and disinformation.

I've been pruning down my suggestions for several years and this crap still pops up.

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I am actually becoming a Youtube Channel watcher. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2025 OP

Read the disclaimers on historic pieces (click the 'more" description button) bucolic_frolic Dec 2025 #1

Absolutely! Oh, boy, some of those are so damned fake just to get views... Sickening hlthe2b Dec 2025 #3

I'm also wondering about all of the Ukraine "good news" military stories. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2025 #4

lol, yes you're correct to question it bucolic_frolic Dec 2025 #5

Me too Thunderbeast Dec 2025 #54

For WW2, the best is the one called "World War Two" by the Time Ghost Army. The Madcap Dec 2025 #12

I love watching some of the Canadian war stories just to find the stupid errors that they Bev54 Dec 2025 #28

I subscribe to a limited number of "channels"--mostly music, Meidas Touch, and a few others not AI-generating hlthe2b Dec 2025 #2

The responses I got to a "Psychology of people who grew up in the 60's" woke me up. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2025 #6

I walk on my treadmill through cities on YouTube tavernier Dec 2025 #7

Now THAT is a good idea! hlthe2b Dec 2025 #9

Just go to search and hit any city or country you'd like to explore. tavernier Dec 2025 #19

I know of another DUer who does that, who sent me links to some favorite videos. highplainsdem Dec 2025 #10

I go to YouTube and search any city or country I'd like to see. tavernier Dec 2025 #18

I have found YouTube to be a great resource for entertainment and enjoyment.... anciano Dec 2025 #8

I started watching YouTube maybe 6 months ago Dave says Dec 2025 #29

Youtube has plenty canetoad Dec 2025 #11

Youtube is also great for foreign language learning. The Madcap Dec 2025 #13

I subscribe to channels I trust on subjects I like, and only look at my subscriptions feed eShirl Dec 2025 #14

many of those ww2 vids popping up lately are pure AI garbage. there has been a flood of them showing msongs Dec 2025 #15

Why doesn't Youtube label AI content? OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2025 #17

The people using the AI tools, especially those paying to use them, don't want highplainsdem Dec 2025 #24

Thanks hpd.....I got educated on that thread. And I'm applying more critical thinking skills OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2025 #25

I'm sorry that you and I and all of us who are honest have to watch out for all this fraud that's around highplainsdem Dec 2025 #36

All it takes is getting took by 1 video! MerryBlooms Dec 2025 #49

Same here. Every time I've looked at AI slop video posted by someone here, looking at the channel highplainsdem Dec 2025 #53

The good history channels shows Johonny Dec 2025 #16

Keep an eye out for the AI slop PJMcK Dec 2025 #20

Came aware quickly....see OP. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2025 #21

Yeah, I read your whole post PJMcK Dec 2025 #22

Understood. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2025 #23

one of us...one of us...one of us... (nt) ret5hd Dec 2025 #26

There are a lot of Robert Reich fakes as well as Rick Wilson, Bev54 Dec 2025 #27

Saw a really bad Rachel Maddow fake yesterday. The Madcap Dec 2025 #30

Yep I too have seen a lot of George Will fakes Bev54 Dec 2025 #42

I watched a George Will fake. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2025 #46

Probably the same as the one I saw. The Madcap Dec 2025 #50

That's the Will fake video I saw. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2025 #55

My wife and I quit broadcast television in January 2012. hunter Dec 2025 #31

antenna Maninacan Dec 2025 #41

I know we could get a lot of stuff here with an antenna, but it all has advertising. hunter Dec 31 #61

A big benefit of that plan is that Youtube Music is included. The Madcap Dec 2025 #47

I am right there with you. Ferrets are Cool Dec 2025 #32

I watch it all the time. bluedigger Dec 2025 #33

youtube is great for "how to fix dishwasher", "How to unclog drain..., "How to sew pants..." BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2025 #34

fixed my van Maninacan Dec 2025 #40

I subscribe to YouTube tv. It's not really cheap. Are you talking about something different? 1WorldHope Dec 2025 #35

Regular Youtube. YT TV is a TV channel aggregator. The only reason I watch is NBC Boston Sports - They air the Celtics OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2025 #37

He's talking about YouTube.com highplainsdem Dec 2025 #38

We bailed on Youtube TV The Madcap Dec 2025 #48

It's mostly a waste for us. We watch MSNBC, comedy central. 1WorldHope Dec 31 #62

That was our situation as well. The Madcap Dec 31 #63

What is YouTube premium? 1WorldHope Dec 31 #64

Basically youtube with no ads The Madcap Dec 31 #65

How much is that? 1WorldHope Dec 31 #66

If i recall correctly, around $29/mo. The Madcap Dec 31 #67

youtube Maninacan Dec 2025 #39

Ohhh, thank you both so much. Now I'm on board. 1WorldHope Dec 2025 #43

I visit youtube every day and yes recently there is an alarming number of AI posts faking people like Rachel Maddow and ShazamIam Dec 2025 #44

I watch too many you tube vids...Subscribe to too many very good content creators. Anything I want to learn mitch96 Dec 2025 #45

I hear you. Even when there is a broadcast major network TV show prodigitalson Dec 2025 #51

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There is even more crap on YouTube than there is on TV, so be very selective Warpy Dec 2025 #56

A lot of (very justified) discussion here about AI slop. Disaffected Dec 2025 #57

I just saw the most heinous AI slop video. The Madcap Dec 31 #58

There is a lot of good Bettie Dec 31 #59

Me, Too ProfessorGAC Dec 31 #60