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The Philip DeFranco Show

PDS 8.16 The Problem with Linus Tech Tips Controversy, Harassment Allegations, and Response... & Today's News

The Philip DeFranco Show

philip defranco

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4.81000 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Click my CoPilot link https://go.mycopilot.com/Philip-De-Franco or use the QR code on screen to get a 14-day FREE TRIAL with your own personal trainer Catch up on our latest PDS: https://youtu.be/ANxqoVANd8M Check out our daily newsletter! http://dailydip.co/pds  Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phillydefranco/?hl=en  –✩ TODAY’S STORIES ✩ – 0:00 - Linus Tech Tips Faces Scrutiny About Company Ethics, Possible Theft, Harassment  10:58 - Bradley Cooper Faces Backlash For Prosthetic Nose in “Maestro” 12:41 - Sponsored by CoPilot  13:40 - Hawaii Wildfires Likely Caused by Downed Power Lines 15:44 - Mother of 6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher Pleads Guilty to Felony Child Neglect 16:37 - Rep. Ronny Jackson Yells at Police In Disputed Footage 20:53 - Documents Expose Horrible Conditions, Neglect, Abuse in ICE Detention Facilities 23:44 - Pride Month Backlash Hurt Target Sales For More Background on Linus Tech Tips: Gamers Nexus’ First Video: https://youtu.be/FGW3TPytTjc Gamers Nexus’ Follow Up: https://youtu.be/X3byz3txpso Linus Tech Tips Response: https://youtu.be/0cTpTMl8kFY Madison Reeve’s Allegations: https://twitter.com/suuuoppp/status/1691693740254228741?s=20  Check the Pinned Comment for Their Answers to Our Questions!  ——————————   Produced by: Cory Ray Edited by: James Girardier, Maxx Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks Art Department: William Crespo Writing/Research: Philip DeFranco, Brian Espinoza, Lili Stenn, Maddie Crichton, Star Pralle, Chris Tolve  ———————————— #DeFranco #LinusTechTips #GamersNexus ————————————

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0:00.0

Today we're talking about the growing laundry list of accusations against Linus Tech Tips.

0:04.1

What happened to the mom of the six-year-old that shot their teacher?

0:06.8

The messy body cam footage of Ronnie Jackson has people divided.

0:09.8

We now have a major clue of what started those devastating wildfires in Maui.

0:13.1

Where people are losing it on Bradley Cooper today.

0:15.3

We're talking about all that and so much more on today's brand new Philip DeFranco show you daily dive into the news, so buckle up,

0:21.9

hit that like button. Let's just jump into it. Starting with, the biggest controversy and scandal

0:26.2

on YouTube right now is that one of YouTube's most famous tech channels has faced serious scrutiny

0:30.0

over the last few days over allegations of theft, workplace harassment, conflicts of interest,

0:34.3

and serious flaws in its review videos. And at the center of all this, you have Linus Tech Tips,

0:38.0

a really Linus Media Group, LTT's parent company that also runs things like their labs,

0:42.2

which is meant to be a team of engineers that allow LTT to review tech products at a much higher standard.

0:46.6

And it appears that all their recent problems kind of started because of this clip from a tour of their labs when an engineer said, The difference between us and somebody like gamers nexus or hardware unboxed is we test new components, new tests, every time.

1:00.0

Which I will say if you're done to the whole tech part of YouTube, you probably don't know those names,

1:03.0

but you at least need to understand they are two sizable channels that are well known for how well they test and benchmark tech products like PC graphics cards. So some could see this, like if you're watching this, you respect me,

1:11.8

I all of a sudden randomly throw shade to someone else in the space that you respect.

1:15.2

It might be kind of like that.

1:16.2

You know, that led to a back and forth where hardware unboxed defended itself in a series of light-hearted tweets,

1:20.4

and then Linus responding to that on his live show.

1:22.6

But where things really blew up is when gamers Nexus released a 44-minute video on Monday to directly discuss the

1:27.7

comparison. And in it, they argue that LTT cares more about releasing as many videos as possible

1:31.7

over anything else. And it wasn't like they were just throwing out baseless accusations.

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