Journalist & filmmaker, making films for BBC, Channel 4 & others. Founder of the Rebel Wisdom media platform: https://t.co/d3jlz8btNk
Mar 2, 2022 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Any takes that blame single factors for the Ukraine situation are wrong. I was a foreign producer for many years, made several documentaries in Russia, yet what that familiarity tells me is that there's always more to know and "it's complicated". 1/9
Yet social media rewards the instant expert 'view from Mount Stupid' part of the Dunning Kruger curve. With any complex situation, expert knowledge ends up being able to recognise how multiple factors are at play and understanding context. 2/9
Sep 3, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Clarifying my position on Ivermectin. Matt Taibbi's headline called me "Ivermectin critic", while acceptable journalistic shorthand, is not quite accurate. I've been critical of specific claims made about IVM, and still accept it may be proved to have benefit as a treatment 1/n
People struggle to hold the complexity beyond assuming someone is either "pro" or "anti" something. I'm sure the whole sensemaking thing annoys people (or will soon), but one of the key concepts is not to 'collapse into certainty' too quickly, and notice when you've done so 2/n
Sep 2, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
thanks Matt for taking an interest in this story from both sides, much appreciated. Will post the key pieces here for anyone new to the story. The final film in my investigation that was taken down, I've re-exported and uploaded here:
It goes together with a long written investigation into the claims around vaccines and ivermectin that I published on my Medium page: medium.com/rebel-wisdom/o…
Aug 25, 2021 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Thread: Final films in my investigation into the vaccine claims and the Dark Horse launch today, a response to criticisms, including from Bret Weinstein in a recent podcast. This will be a tweet thread summarising the situation and the backstory 1/n
Two films, my final response to critics, and another hugely important and significant interview with Eric Osgood MD, who until recently was part of Pierre Kory's FLCCC, the main organisation advocating for Ivermectin. He now feels he must speak out
Aug 3, 2021 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Hey Bret. On this topic, hosting Yuri had nothing to do with the BS project. I was in contact with Yuri long before it was conceived. I recorded a piece with him straight after the Quillette piece, I held off when you told me privately that you felt he had betrayed your trust 1/n
The Quillette piece had some flaws, but it was far from content free, and Yuri has good signal on other objections that didn't make it into the Q piece. You and Heather frequently referred to him and it to a v large audience 2/n
Aug 2, 2021 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
I think this is a fair summary of what actually happened, though we clearly have different understandings on what this means, Max is a friend who I suggested as a referee, and I respect him for laying things out clearly 1/n
I have a few comments. Firstly, I had been planning to interview Yuri well before the BS process began, and in my view was irrelevant and overdue. I apologised this morning in my message if Yuri presented material that wasn't his and I failed to pick it up, that's on me 2/n
Aug 1, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Alex expects that everyone in the world should trust him and his process for "identifying truth", and wait until he has passed judgement. My *integrity* is in pursuing truth through my work, I have zero obligation to him and his project, and plenty to the wider world
My work stands on its own. I have my views on Ivermectin, but I put out a piece with both pro and anti folks, and challenged both and reflected their views fairly
