Thread by @HappyWarriorP

Boom!🤯
My latest w/ @BleedingFool

What Killed G4TV: Full Story Revealed✍️

Newly uncovered information shows how Comcast’s reboot was ended by media baiting, poor planning & the hubris of one Indiana “Froskurrin” Black🤦
bleedingfool.com/news/what-kill… #g4tv #gamers #gaming @stillgray

I dig up some new information about G4TV's closure,

what really happened w/ the infamous "bangable" rant

& how things at the reboot were much worse than any of us could have guessed 😶

bleedingfool.com/news/what-kill… @TheQuartering @BoundingComics @neontaster @jondelarroz @Th3Claude

According to new info:
Frosk gave the rant without permission or warning

She was supposed to talk about Red Dead Online & instead @ the last minute fed the TV prompter w/ the viral woke tirade😮
@Th3Claude @EthanVanSciver @YellowFlashGuy @ThatUmbrella @DDayCobra @thatstarwarsgrl

Shockingly, little of the harangue was organic

Even audio & visuals — seal-clapping by Sessler & screams of “get em Frosk” — pre-recorded for a different segment & added in post to cover up silence of hosts on set

@BlueBoxDave @erikkain @PaulTassi @GenePark @TheActMan_YT #g4tv

Most @ G4TV knew what the rant meant & were strongly against @Froskurinn

However executives shielded Frosk in case they needed someone to blame on hand for G4's collapse

bleedingfool.com/news/what-kill… @elonmusk @conor64 @chadfelixg @PolitiBunny @GundamIsHere @ighaworth @davidharsanyi

Like so many companies before or since,
Comcast attempted to use outrage to fuel growth

the ol' "If you don't like our politics, then unsubscribe"

So viewers did just that

https://twitter.com/blairherter/status/1481056040678748160?s=20&t=tMJukpPRfikCGXBJWsrnUg

@Grummz @redlianak @MelonieMac @Nerdrotics @SophNar0747 @OliverJia1014 @KinelRyan

As seen on @SocialBlade G4's YouTube viewing numbers collapsed

Although G4 had been growing by about 5 thousand subscribers a month until mid-January, they would only lose subscribers after this tirade
@ZubyMusic @EricDJuly @JackPosobiec @QTRBlackGarrett @redsteeze @SethDillon

Now @G4TV got desperate
they would hock NFTs & bring on @Amouranth to shake her bootay

Even privating the rant on YouTube & deleting the tweets hoping all would forget it ever happened
bleedingfool.com/news/what-kill… @THEREALRTU @TheCriticalDri2 @bungarsargon @AngryJoeShow @miltimore79

Finally, G4 had to admit out in the open what we'd known for a while, Nu-G4TV was done.

Comcast announced layoffs for at least thirty staffers, and most of the talent wouldn’t be returning either.

But it gets worse👇
#g4tv #gamers #gaming #videogames #youtubegaming

source says the plan at Comcast is to fire everyone but 5 who’ll pick out which reruns of American Ninja Warrior to fill dead air until Comcast ends the channel

Next expected major layoff is to be Adam Sessler. As early as Jan or late as August 2023;

G4TV will be gone for good

What about @Froskurinn?

Initially, she evaded unemployment; until posting an unfeeling pic of a smoking iguana boasting: ”I survived.”

Everyone knew Frosk was to blame for G4's collapse; enraging current & former Comcast employees

now she was gone too

https://twitter.com/Froskurinn/status/1570463707679039492

I heard from many I talked to that it's unlikely Frosk will land a new gig in game journalism or E-Sports

Frosk is so toxic no one in gaming is willing to touch her w/ a 100 ft pole

bleedingfool.com/news/what-kill… @TheQuartering @nichegamer @pcgamer @vgdunkey @MatthewKadish @SonnyBunch

I feel bad for @Froskurinn ,
she did what she thought she was hired to do,

Her bosses - who all say sucked at communicating within the company what they wanted- seemed supportive.

I'm sure this firing really stings
unemployment sucks & I only commiserate

Whatever her intentions Frosk killed G4

w/ massive overhead #G4TV would have struggled no matter what

But her speech & G4's antagonism to gamers ensured its destruction
bleedingfool.com/news/what-kill… @notaxation @EchelonGaming_ @CathyYoung63 @libbyemmons @RebeccaRoseGold @brad_polumbo

G4 debacle clarifies the arrogance & failures of modern news & entertainment as few failures have

Old G4TV earned its support & spoke for gamers
not at them

The fall of G4 proves money & media buzz are no fix for poor planning & attacking audiences
#g4tv

Those in media & game journalism who believe undermining ur supporters leads to long-term growth should take note

But don’t worry, u have time.
Not as if G4TV burned down in a single day

#g4tv @BleedingFool @BoundingComics @FDRLST @benshapiro @bdomenech @realDailyWire @pcgamer

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