Oh, okay guys. I'm not going to lie to you. I did not expect to see you today. We were going to skip BW Wednesday and uh it's hell week for the empire, but Netanyahu just had to go ahead and do his first podcast. And the thing that's crazy about this situation, which is making it blow up across the internet, is that it wasn't with exactly who you'd expect. It was with the Neelk Boys. Now, most of you will already know who they are. They're massive on YouTube. But for those of you who don't, they essentially made their come up doing public pranks. But they didn't stay there. They kept on evolving their content. And now, not only do they do videos like taking five virgins to a college party, we corrupted an Amish person and Andrew Tate stole our girl at a club, but they also have their own podcast, Full Send podcast, and they've interviewed all sorts of people from Donald Trump during the election. That was major to people like Elon Musk, and then of course the Mr. Beasts, the Andrew Tates, and so on. And to be fair, like I've watched many of these. I've enjoyed their podcast. I enjoy a lot of their content. And there's always been somewhat of a consistent criticism of them not asking good questions, especially when it comes to very intelligent people like Elon Musk, who you want a very intelligent conversation to listen to. But it's never caused any major problems. It's always just been like, "Ah, they they don't answer these questions, but whatever. It's a joke." And perhaps that's why they thought their most recent guest, Benjamin Netanyahu, would go down somewhat similar. But oh my lord, it absolutely didn't. In fact, the backlash from this episode is bigger than the episode itself. Some of the top comments on this video, I miss when YouTube used to show dislikes. This was pitched to Netanyahu like this. Don't worry, these guys are idiots. You can use their platform to push whatever propaganda you want, and they won't push back on anything. unsubscribed. In fact, that last comment wasn't just someone saying something. Uh they have actually lost tens of thousands of followers since posting this video. And to be fair, going into this podcast, they themselves said jokingly, almost like as a disclaimer at the start. This could be controversial. We could get cancelled. But I don't really think they thought for a single second it was going to be as bad as it actually is now. Since they were laughing about it in that episode, now their entire demeanor has changed. And I think the seriousness of what they've just done has hit them like a load of bricks. >> Someone said, uh, having Ned and Yahoo on is like having modernday Hitler, which is honestly, guys, I'll be honest, it's a good point. >> Yeah, it's bad. So, let's run through what happened, what people are saying, and my thoughts, too. So, let's stop the yapping and let's get rocking. Okay, I want to start by stating the obvious. There is nothing wrong with interviewing people like Netanyahu. Legacy outlets like CNN, BBC, Reuters, they do it all the time at conferences when he's in the US and you don't see them getting cancelled. But just because you can do it doesn't mean you should. There's nuance because there's a big difference between interviewing someone like a YouTuber like Mr. Beast than a world leader. Politicians and world leaders literally spend years doing media training. They've been preparing for these exact moments. What to say perfectly right, how to deflect and talk in circles so they don't have to answer tough questions, what to do when you get backed into a corner. They've been hustling. They know what to do. Which is why the journalists who usually do these types of interviews spend years learning the skills on how to combat this because if you don't, interviews with world leaders and politicians can very quickly just turn into straight up propaganda. and Colin Steiny. I mean, at the very beginning of the show, like a disclaimer, they say, >> "We are so not qualified to do this. We just should not be doing this." >> But despite knowing this and saying it publicly, they still do the interview because they say it's too big of an opportunity to pass up. And that's the thing I think they're finding out today that not all opportunities are good opportunities because a person like Netanyahu can't simply be used as an opportunity for brand recognition, money, or views. He's not just a controversial figure like maybe ones that they've interviewed in the past. This is a man who is the head of a military who human rights groups and other organizations claim is currently carrying out genocide and ethnic cleansing. He is currently wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Now, fair enough, you can have him on and discuss with him the legitimacy of those claims or his perspective on them, but in essence, there's probably not a single person alive today that would require a more serious and more prepared conversation than Netanyahu. And based on what we saw, it simply wasn't that. In fact, I actually think it goes a step further. I think the very fact that they decided to go ahead with this interview shows how little they actually understand and know about the situation and what's going on because I truly think that if they did know what was going on or if they did any deep research into the matter, I don't see how they would have come to the conclusion that this was still a good opportunity for them and their brand. Or at the very least, I think they would have come way more prepared than they actually did. And also, one of the biggest things that people were criticizing about this interview was the multiple claims made by Netanyahu that was false. But because they didn't have the knowledge, many of these claims went unchecked. Like for example, at 7 minutes 30, he's asked about how he feels about America's view on Israel. Which he responds saying, >> "I think the broad segments of the American public support Israel." And I mean it takes just like 10 minutes of research to find that according to the latest Pew Research, which is pretty credible, the majority of Americans now express somewhat or very unfavorable opinions of Israel, not the broad swaths that support Israel like he said. In fact, this one portion of very unfavorable views of Israel since 2022 alone has doubled. And I mean, it gets even worse when you start to consider the youth in America. That perspective skews even further. And that is exactly why he says this. >> But I'm concerned that the young people in America, some of them are getting the wrong picture of Israel. Vilification, demonization. I'm doing this podcast among other things to reach young people. >> And again, that's why it's so important to be able to be prepared for this because otherwise that's your audience that he is trying to reach and not just reach but inform. It's as if he saw how successful Trump's media strategy was in 2024 and he's like, "All right, he he reached the young the the youth. Let's do the same." And again, this doesn't mean don't take the interview. It just means show up prepared. I mean, one of the biggest claims that went unresponded to was when Kyle asked Netanyahu, "What about the accusations of Israel cutting off aid and using starvation as a war tactic?" To which he responds, >> "Because we're trying to get the food in and we let food trucks in." And guess what happens when we let them in? Hamas steals the food, takes the good chunk for itself. They jack up the prices and then they sell the food to its hungry population if they give them at all. and then use the money that they take from their own people to recruit more killers into their terror machine. That's what happens. >> And here's the thing. While there may be true cases for what he said there, it runs contrary to what literally over 100 NOS's have said currently. Just yesterday, over 100 NOS's, non-government organizations, issued a joint statement and they said that mass starvation is spreading across Gaza because, and you want to strap into this one, I'll just read it to you word for word. Currently, we're hearing from the UN that its key problem is that it's struggling to get commitments. And they're talking about aid programs. Struggling to get commitment from the IDF that desperate Palestinians will not be killed while getting lifesaving aid. Each time their teams try to collect aid from crossings, UN workers say civilians approach their lries which come under fire. And this isn't just the NOS's that are saying this. This is also world governments. Just yesterday, 28 countries issued a joint statement as well condemning Israel. And this was signed by the EU and other countries that were inside this joint statement with the likes of France, Canada, Australia, the UK, etc. And they specifically condemned the quote horrifying killings of hundreds of Palestinians. They say it's about 800 while they were attempting to get food from Israel's aid operations. In fact, experts are currently warning that 1.5 million people in Gaza are now at risk of severe malnutrition or starvation. That's roughly 70% of the population of Gaza, bro. And then in the same conversation, read this comment asking him if he prefers Burger King or McDonald's while people are starving. This is insane. >> You know what the first thing we did? McDonald's. And to be honest, Burger King, I like Burger King more. >> Burger King kind of sucks. >> Yeah. >> No, the BK Lounge can hit it. >> I disagree completely. Do you like Burger King over McDonald's? That's your worst take, I think. >> Absolutely. >> That's a crazy take. >> No, that was fine. I mean, I like Burger King. The answer is yes. >> Now, they have done a bunch of follow-up interviews post their Netanyahu one, and all of them pretty much said the same thing. They rinsed them on how they carried this out. And to be fair, they actually themselves admitted all of the things that I'm saying in this video, too. I guess in an effort to make up for this one, they said that in their next episode, they're going to have someone with a complete opposite view as Netanyahu. The problem with that is that who's to say that everyone who watched the first interview is going to watch the second one, which is kind of why it needs to be done in real time. Ah, and another thing that took me out in this video was that, you know, they're talking about starvation, tragedy, death, and then just suddenly it cuts too. >> All right, guys, we're going to interrupt really quick. I want to let you guys know about Moon Pay, >> a Moon Pay ad about crypto. Like, god damn. Now, there are many other things that I want to say on this, but I'm trying to keep it as short as possible because Alex the editor, he's not here, but I want to bring it to our like news space as content creators because I think this interview has lost us so much credibility. But you don't understand. When I first started covering news and stuff on TikTok, I would get slammed constantly by legacy media saying, "Ah, you shouldn't be doing this." But that doesn't really happen so much anymore because I think most of them have realized now that certain content creators, unqualified journalists do have the ability to cover serious topics in a competent, reliable, and factual way. But Milk coming through and doing this didn't just affect their brand. I think it affects the entire space of news content creators trying to be taken seriously in situations like this. I mean, it almost reminds me of the whole like Katy Perry astronaut situation because so many women after that said that it actually made a mockery of the feminist cause because there were so many qualified female astronauts that could have been part of that mission. But now, thanks to the way they framed the whole situation, the first ever all female crew sent into space will be remembered as a meme. And this is how that feels. The first time you get like a huge ass interview like that from a a genuine like naturalb born YouTuber creator group and it goes like this. Bro, they even said that one day they their dream guest is Kim Jong-un. >> A I mean to be fair, Kim, if Kim Jong-un watches this, he might be like, "Damn, actually that that's a pretty good podcast to go on. Netanyahu had a great time." Anyway, enough yap from me. I want to know what you guys think. I mean, if the interview's like to dislike ratio is anything as a signal, I imagine it's going to be pretty cooked. But I look forward to reading your thoughts in the comments. Anyway, love you all. Happy BW Wednesday and I will see you maybe on Friday. Yeah.