> The Los Angeles Times took note of V’s success and tapped them to help launch its own personality-based TikTok account. They’re one of many publications attempting to recreate the success of individual creators on TikTok within their newsroom.
But what's the point? TikTok doesn't share AD revenue, so why do all of that for nothing?
Is it in hope that these followers become readers?
I personally don't trust any single creator news source, a single person is much much easier to influence than a whole news agency.
I used to follow johnny Harris regularly, then he dropped an economic video about a supposed new economic model that's supported by many companies.
The issue is almost all the talking points in that video were taken from the WEF, the same "you will own nothing and be happy" guys.[1]
I still think news creators have a place in the news cycle, maybe for more fun stuff, like science questions maybe economics, Tom Scott style videos, or digital investigations like coffeezilla, but for real news, news agencies are still king, especially ones that are publicly funded.
But what's the point? TikTok doesn't share AD revenue, so why do all of that for nothing?
Is it in hope that these followers become readers?
I personally don't trust any single creator news source, a single person is much much easier to influence than a whole news agency.
I used to follow johnny Harris regularly, then he dropped an economic video about a supposed new economic model that's supported by many companies.
The issue is almost all the talking points in that video were taken from the WEF, the same "you will own nothing and be happy" guys.[1]
I still think news creators have a place in the news cycle, maybe for more fun stuff, like science questions maybe economics, Tom Scott style videos, or digital investigations like coffeezilla, but for real news, news agencies are still king, especially ones that are publicly funded.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dum0bqWfiGw