Does Truth Exist For Crypto In a Post Truth World? With Tom Mitchelhill

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Does Truth Exist For Crypto In a Post Truth World? With Tom Mitchelhill

Beyond The Beat

1 hour 10 minutes 58 seconds

1 year ago

Does Truth Exist For Crypto In a Post Truth World? With Tom Mitchelhill

Tom is an internet coin enthusiast, and Cointelegraph reporter from Australia. He hosts the NGMI podcast, and is Chief Executive Top Signal at Brotato Capital.

"Reporting on crypto is an ADHD person's dream," Tom Mitchelhill said.

In Episode 11, Pedro Solimano talks to Tom Mitchelhill about his journey reporting on crypto, what it takes to be an investigative journalist, media coverage outside the US, journalistic integrity needed in crypto, mainstream media in the age of gen Z, and how misinformation is spread.

Episode chapters:

0:00 intro

2:05 From skepticism to investing and covering crypto

7:11 Investigative journalism - I love what Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin do at Protos

09:16 Reporting about crypto made me better understand the industry

11:51 I'm a generalist journalist that loves covering memecoins

14:59 Media outlets are focused on US based news while neglecting other regions

19:33 Tump's NFT collections - How crypto became a big political issue

20:51 Australia's crypto regulation is stuck and waiting for the US regulator

23:19 It makes a lot of sense for publications to have a bitcoin-only reporter

28:24 True investigative journalism requirers a special type of person

33:50 Journalistic integrity - Should journalists be part of the crypto ecosystem?

39:28 Reporters owning cryptocurrencies which they report on

45:09 GenZ don't read books - The future of mainstream media

51:50 Lack of media literacy

54:42 Individual reporters and the rise of a post-truth era

59:26 The spread of misinformation on Twitter and social media

1:06:15 Book recommendations

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