The recent news and complaints about LMG are concerning and do need to be addressed, and if we are to believe the statements of LMG, they are. They hired a third party investigator (whatever that means) and they halted all production on their company, in order to work on their methods.
While I don’t take everything they do at face value, I do think that those are the right steps to solving their issues (besides maybe going to the police about the sexual harassment allegations, but I’m also not sure they can without Madison filling a complaint).
The main criticisms I’ve heard from people is how they joke around about sponsors and shove their merch and FP down our throats in an apology video. While it is in bad taste, I don’t understand why people are surprised, have you been paying attention at all?
You see, LMG presented itself as a media corporation from day one. They were always profit oriented and their goal was always to make money. They have two sponsor reads, one floatplane ad and at least two lttstore.com mentions in every single video. Linus clearly states whenever he can that he’s here for the money and nothing else. He also says that he believes that maintaining trust with his audience is the way to make more money, so our interests align, but he really states that journalistic standards and accurate reporting are not his motivations, money is.
This along with the statements about wage discussions and Linus’s disdain from workers unions, and the fact that they don’t use twitch bits or superchats but the leave them open, really shows how the company thinks and operates.
So I don’t think the criticism is well placed, they were upfront about their intentions and you should have known what company you’re following.
As for their handling of the recent news, there is no way of knowing what will happen. It seems like they want to do the right thing but we can’t know until they finish the process.
There is distinction between "we are in it for money" and "we are in it for money at expense of correct information and our workers"
Issue is that most people didn't. They watch videos, laugh and move on.
They had numerous opportunities to do the right thing. They chose to ignore them or made compromises.
All of the problems didn't arise in a month, they were cultivating for years. Small issues get overlooked and keep piling up into one big dumpster fire. They should've dealt with them long ago without drama and outside critique. But I guess money is more important to Linus than his own company.
Thats exactly what you’re supposed to do now imho. They’ve been outed for inconsistent or incorrect data, so the only thing you need to take from this channel is the entertainment (if you find it).
Just think of them as you think of Disney or EA, they are a media entertainment corporation, both can be thought of as actually evil in the name of profits. But I really like Jedi Fallen Order and I also kind like Marvel movies (but not as much as I used to), so I watch and play them.
I also really like the wan show and the silly Jake+Linus videos, so I’ll keep watching them.