The Journalism Video Breaking the Internet

19 Jan 2026 · 0 min

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This content was created by Eric Siu. This content was uploaded by Eric Siu. This is a YouTube video titled "The Journalism Video Breaking the Internet" (posted January 19, 2026). The excerpt is a single-speaker commentary describing a viral clip on X with ~94 million views, noting endorsements from figures like JD Vance and various entrepreneurs who call it an example of citizen journalism. The speaker frames the clip as filling gaps left by mainstream media and urges young people to pick up phones/microphones to do similar grassroots reporting.

Here's the deal. This guy looks like he's probably, I don't know, mid-20s, late 20s or so. But this video on X has 94 million views. You have like JD Vance, you have a lot of these politicians, a lot of powerful entrepreneurs are saying this is the type of journalism, citizen journalism that we need, because you don't see any of the other large media companies covering this, right? And so this actually gives the opportunity to a lot of kids right now, I don't care which side you're on, to actually take up your phone or take up your microphone and go do the type of journalism that he's doing.