Linus Media Group CEO Terren Tong also responded via email, saying he was “shocked at the allegations and the company described” in Reeve’s posts. He went on to note that “as part of this process, beyond an internal review we will also be hiring an outside investigator to look into the allegations and will commit to publish the findings and implementing any corrective actions that may arise because of this.”

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    Is it safe to say if the dude in the video wasn’t passively crapping on HUB and GN this would never have happened?

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      Probably not. All the issues were there, someone would have pointed it out for some reason at some point.

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        GN probably would’ve done it anyway. He is not completely in the right because as unbiased as he wants to be, at the end of the day, he is still criticizing a competitor. I doubt those comments actually prompted his response. They had a lot of examples in their video and have probably been compiling it for a while.

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          Yes, how dare he criticize a competitor in the hopes of making them a better competitor

          What unassailable logic.

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          He is not completely in the right because as unbiased as he wants to be, at the end of the day, he is still criticizing a competitor.

          You can use this to question whether his motives are pure, but suggesting he is “not completely in the right” is just weird. He is well within his rights to criticise a competitor. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.

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          Steve pointed out that most of the errors were caught by himself and not addressed previously. I’d imagine with their previously close ties that the GN crew planned on reaching out privately, but after being thrown under the bus they decided to go full on ass blast.