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Utah-born YouTuber goes viral with questionable ‘journalism’ on day-care fraud.
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Miss: Under the Influence First of all, we’d like the word “journalist” to actually mean something. It does not mean a guy with a video camera who hunts and pecks without real context or investigation. “He is part of the new wave of conservative influencers blurring the lines between journalism and agenda-pushing who have been embraced by the Trump administration,” writes the Daily Beast of Utah-born YouTuber Nick Shirley.
Apparently, his video about Minnessota child-care fraud is 5 years old and neglects to mention the depth of ongoing investigations in the state.
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