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He usually apologises when he's discovered to be wrong. I know he's quick to accusations and stuff but he does seem level-headed (to me) overall.
Being level-headed would involve investigating before making accusations.
Apologies don't make up for being wrong in the first place. Usually they don't have the same reach, so the mis/disinformation spreads and many people never see the correction.
It's the same bullshit "news" companies do to sway opinion. They'll say something wrong, then a few days later put out a correction that a small fraction of people who saw the first part see. This let's them spread any lie they want while maintaining an image of being actual journalists to those not paying attention.
Mistakes happen. He comes with receipts, and sometimes those receipts are misleading. I don't think he's being intentionally wrong here, he took information from various communities reporting negative experiences, and extrapolated that there may be an issue there.
And it's not clear he's actually wrong. We have the company claiming they don't do it, but then what about the accusation that older firmware isn't available? Surely if they don't intend to break third party cartridges, they'd keep those available for people who want to downgrade. Maybe there's a good reason for that too, idk, but my point is that Brother could be hiding something, it's still unclear and we need more data.
I absolutely agree and think misinformation is terrible and disinformation is worse. However, I don't think he should be held to the same standard as a journalist. He just reads news from other people. He should definitely make sure it's truthful and factual ahead of time. But I do agree, it's kind of why we're in a crap state in the world right now.
Although his apology doesn't make up for it, he does at least make his apology on his main channel. I have seen other YouTubers make their apologies and such on alternate channels. I also don't think he makes excuses for it either.
If you have a platform, which he absolutely does, you have a responsibility for what you put out. He needs to check if it's true. If he can't, he needs to hire someone that will. Either he doesn't deserve the views or he needs to be responsible for his content. He doesn't deserve to get views with no responsibility. Everyone should be held to this standard.
He collects and edits news for media. He is a journalist.
Yeah, I do appreciate that he generally does apologize when he's wrong.