Crowder was on TimCast tonight and didn’t do himself any favors

I’ve really grown to like Crowder and his team over the last few months. I miss his show because they are pretty funny.

Hopefully everything works out for all parties involved.

No proof he lied about anything. He's making valid points. They disagree.

This all came undone when DW outed themselves.

Once you learn that someone recorded your conversation without notice, would you ever take a phone call from them again?

I thought he came across as sincere late in the interview as to fighting censorship regimes. I just think that telling Daily Wire they can't have demonetization provisions in contracts with future talent is completely irrational. I guess he felt like he made a stand, though.

I also underestimated the resources he puts into his show. I figured it was him and a handful of guys. He says he employs 25-30 people. On one hand, he basically admits that he doesn't want to take the effort to get a new operation up and running and would rather join an established company. On the other, he is probably never going to get along with that type of company.

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Initial offer was $50M over 4 years I believe. He wanted $30M per year

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Had no idea there was that much money in what they do.

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This all came undone when DW outed themselves.

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But they didn’t, because everyone immediately knew who he was talking about when he released the video. One, he knew anyone who had ever had contract discussions with them would immediately recognize the contract. Two, he posted the “redacted” contract on Twitter but “accidentally” left subtle identifying information in there. And three, there are literally only three companies he could have been talking about and one was the one he just left, the other he left nearly a decade ago.

He absolutely knew everyone would know who he was talking about and this would force them to respond, after which he always planned to release the tale he recorded a month earlier.

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It’s becoming increasingly more obvious this was planned out months ago on his part and he entered into bad faith negotiations specifically with this endgame in mind. The documents and time line produced by the DW are pretty damning in this regard. This is apparently his post-Blaze gameplan and it’s really gross to watch unfold.

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I hate that this all happened but nothing since the initial “big con” video has turned me towards Crowder’s take. He could have just said “this isn’t going to work out,” and moved on. Pool did.

Crowder has lost me for good unless there’s something I’m missing. I’ll listen to the podcast tomorrow.

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Had no idea there was that much money in what they do.

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They’re close to a million subscribers at >$10 a month on top of ad reads and YouTube monetization.

It’s a good idea not to piss off people who can offer you $50 million over some fairly petty grievances.

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But they didn’t, because everyone immediately knew who he was talking about when he released the video. One, he knew anyone who had ever had contract discussions with them would immediately recognize the contract. Two, he posted the “redacted” contract on Twitter but “accidentally” left subtle identifying information in there. And three, there are literally only three companies he could have been talking about and one was the one he just left, the other he left nearly a decade ago.

He absolutely knew everyone would know who he was talking about and this would force them to respond, after which he always planned to release the tale he recorded a month earlier.

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What's the motive? How is he going to benefit from this?