How YouTubers covered the downfall of a Scientologist’s skateboard channel | Examining media about cults
50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD
Jim McDonald
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Rather than reviewing a documentary, this time we’re examining the handling of this story through several YouTube explainers and exposes. What do these have in common with real docs? Do we get any closer to understanding what happened with Aaron Kyro and Braille Skateboarding?
Videos discussed during this episode:
https://youtu.be/uEk_pc0xVYc?si=hdfiZY6W_hF2aMuE
https://youtu.be/V-GIyKIlL9g?si=7aOy3qXiK4Vzf55h
https://youtu.be/ZF0p1aXqm8M?si=gmCxuRmGNznwSQzW
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| 1:16.7 | Oh, yeah? |
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| 1:20.0 | I was like, I wonder if Kyle brought it because we were talking about it. |
| 1:21.7 | And then I just told Sabas the whole story. |
| 1:22.9 | He's like, oh, no, I had no clue. |
| 1:25.2 | I was like, dude, we were literally just talking about it five days ago. |
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