Original title: She Really Thought Nobody Would Notice
I changed the title to describe what the video is about in a clearer and less clickbaity way.
Description:
Georgia Tree, WA Labor’s candidate for the Secret Harbour by-election, dodges questions about her past role as a Woodside lobbyist before admitting on camera she’s pro-gas. Woodside donated over $13,000 to Labor shortly after her candidacy was announced.
edit: updated title from “influencer” to “journalist” after it turns out the person asking the questions is legitimate independent journalist Jesse Noakes at The Last Place on Earth.
It was simply the most accurate term I could think of. They’re not a proper journalist, even if in this context they seem to be doing some pretty damn good (if not especially difficult) journalism.
Happy to edit it if you’ve got a better word I could use though.
Maybe ‘podcaster’ or ‘YouTuber’? The Wikipedia page labels ‘Punter’s Politics’ as a podcast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punter’s_Politics
They seem to post a lot on various social media too, though, so I see where you’re coming from.
Punter Konrad isn’t the influencer referenced in the title. Konrad is commenting on a clip made by someone else. And I’m not 100% sure, but I don’t think that person was a YouTuber. Instagram or TikTok is their stomping ground, I think.
I definitely would use YouTuber if it were someone primarily from YouTube.
Uh oh, I’ve made an arse of myself by not watching the video first 😆
To apologise, I’ve taken the time to look into the actual person/account you were talking about 😆 ‘The Last Place On Earth’ have a website (looks to run on Substack) and a podcast.
There’s also a text article about that particular encounter (https://www.lastplaceonearth.com.au/running-polling) that was co-published with Crikey, at which point I think it’s totally fair to just call them a journalist.
oh haha very convenient timing. I took the time to do that exact same search myself before refreshing and seeing your message posted 8 minutes ago. But yeah, their About page makes it clear that they’re a legit journalist, so I’ve already updated the title to reflect that.
It’s not Substack by the way, but Ghost.io, based on a DNS lookup.
Oh, nice! Ghost is open source and supports ActivityPub to integrate with the fediverse.
Doesn’t look like lastplaceonearth.com.au has it enabled, though
“Blogger/Journalist” - some people might consider it pejorative but it doesn’t have to be. Certainly less negative connotations than “influencer” which suggests someone paid to astroturf products and services on social media.
Some of the youtubers are more like what “proper journalists” are meant to be than the vast majority of the people working for mainstream media are.
I would probably go with youtuber as suggested by zero-gravitas
The term influencer is not a positive one, on the internet it means to manipulate.