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Disclaimer: I hate this guy and all the stupid things he did in the past.
I don't understand the issue here. Assuming what he is telling regarding the safety features are true, this is not more dangerous than a stunt scene in a movie. If they had hired someone who is not a professional stunt man, I would classify this as 'dangerous'. But I can't really see the issue of shooting a 'stunt scene' with professionals, just like any action movie will do.
That said, I think this is just manufactured outrage, which will create more views for that video. Probably thile response to the video was underwhelming, and they wanted to drive up the views to ensure revenue.
Yeah the actual production here is us now talking about it. And well, the rest of the internet. The wanker is not stupid, I give him that. He must have known that just filming stunt scenes isn't good for clicks, but this is.
I've not watched the thing itself, but between the article and the screenshot the issue seems to be how it's presented.
It's not that the guy is actually in danger, it's that the content being made and the way it's framed is at best dishonest, and at worst promotes extremely dangerous behaviour to kids (who are very much his main audience).
It's unlikely that something with this kind of messaging would be allowed on regular TV, but because YouTube's approach to safe programming is pretty much arbitrary it's down to old fashioned journalism like this to flag up harmful shit like this.
I was thinking the same thing. Sounds like they did exactly what any studio would do in a regular shoot.