I have seen some of their stuff around, it is recommended a lot for me when watching anything related to Ukraine. I first saw them in relation to the stuff that was happening with Gonzalo Lira, and because of that I’ve always assumed they weren’t worth taking that seriously. They were promoting Lira this dude known for red pill sexist bs and when I looked them up I saw they had a news app with a description talking about “traditional values” which was a huge red flag for me and I’ve ignored them since.
But today I go to watch The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong, and he had them on. I’m about 20 minutes in so far and honestly this has me interested in them. They’re covering that recent video of a EU official talking about how Europe is a “garden” and the global south, Russia, etc are “the jungle” and shit. Surprisingly to me the first response was one of the Duran guys talking against European supremacy and colonialism and the like and how they exploit the global South. I looked up Alexander Mercouris and the first article I see is about how Asia is the future and US empire is dying. Maybe it’s just me living in the US, but I’ve never heard a right winger talk like this. What do you guys think?
Someone used them as a source attributing some quotes regarding Nord Stream 2 to Olaf Scholz (“We know who did it, but it’s politically challenging to admit”), but I watched the original video and they made it impossible to find the original quote (or even mention Olaf Scholz by name, that’s just who’s in the video thumbnail). There was no source in the description. I even left a comment asking for a source that was removed.
I don’t currently take them seriously, but I take Brian Berletic seriously and he trusts them.
Brian is okay. Sometimes he comes off as way too neutral on a few key issues. But much better than The Duran.
The Duran is nice to listen to until they start showing off their reactionary cooks. Then I gotta look away.