Google is teaming up with the Young Turks to launch an online course called “TYT Academy”.
Axios:
The Young Turks (TYT), one of the largest progressive digital publishers on YouTube, is receiving funding from Google-owned YouTube to launch an online course called TYT Academy that focuses on the creation of digital-first local news. Sources say the investment is in the mid-six-figures range.
Why it matters: The investment is part of YouTube’s $25 million commitment to news efforts, which is part of the $300 million Google News Initiative that was announced in 2018.
- As one of YouTube’s most successful publishers with 4.6 million for its main account and millions of followers across its affiliated channels, TYT is a logical fit for this type of investment.
The new class features a two-track video series, with each containing eight videos. Users will take short quizzes along the way, and must pass a final exam after completing each track to earn a TYT Academy certificate.
- First track: Journalism tactics and responsibilities.
- Second track: Best practices for online video production across many online platforms, not just YouTube.
For now, the course is in a trial period. TYT plans to expand the program more broadly after first testing it with 10-15 people.
- The goal of the class is to get everyday people engaged in digital media so that they can help report on their local communities.
Yes, but: While TYT takes a strong progressive position as an outlet, Steven Oh, TYT’s Chief Business Officer and the creator of TYT Academy, told Axios on a phone call that TYT is “not interested in cranking out journalists who share our political viewpoint whatsoever.”
This is truly an amazing thing. A progressive media outlet that is supposedly against big corporations and pro-free speech is teaming up with one of the richest corporations and one that is truly against free-speech.
The real scary part of this is what it means going forward. We already know about Google’s censorship of Conservative Media. We already know about Youtube’s censorship of Conservative Media. How much worse can this get?
Google has officially proven that their reason for censorship is strictly because they hate Conservatives. The Young Turks are far less reliable than the right-wing media outlets Google censors. However, Google has decided they aren’t just reliable but they should be helping to teach other media outlets.
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