00:00 Are you looking for the spot for your next luxury vacation?
00:02 Then come on down to North Korea, just ignore all the screaming.
00:05 So vlogger Louis Cole, aka FunForLouis, is known for his videos where he travels around
00:09 the world and previously for eating live animals.
00:13 But you know, live animals aside, Cole's videos generally try to take a more positive
00:18 tone.
00:19 But unfortunately, he's not really getting much positivity from the internet community
00:22 this week.
00:23 And it has something to do with the fact that he just posted 7 vlogs from North Korea where
00:28 everyone is safe and has food.
00:31 His adventures include hanging out at a water park, being disappointed that a rainstorm
00:35 kept him away from a skate park, and just nonchalantly explaining away the fact that
00:39 North Korea has a very highly censored quote unquote internet.
00:43 "Where they've selected certain data from the internet and put it on an internal, essentially
00:50 like an internal internet for North Korea and then people can access that data and learn
00:54 stuff."
00:55 To the point where even mainstream media has picked up the story and criticized Louis for
00:59 making propaganda for DPRK.
01:01 And because it's a current event, Phil DeFranco weighed in with actually a pretty apt analogy.
01:06 "The problem becomes that if you're just trying to keep it positive, keep it chill,
01:10 you're actually doing a disservice."
01:11 Cole then went on to post a response video on Wednesday saying that he was not paid by
01:16 the DPRK to make said videos.
01:18 "No truth in that whatsoever.
01:20 I'm not being paid by the North Korean government."
01:22 Instead he was there with a tour group, which, wait, what?
01:25 There are tour groups that go to North Korea?
01:27 He then argued that surfing with locals and with people from other countries has the ability
01:30 to bring about peace.
01:31 "Surfing brings peace."
01:33 I think there's a meme that very accurately sums up our feelings on this.
01:37 "Seems like the kind of thing white people with dreadlocks do."
01:40 Emma Blackery, fun for Louis, I've done a lot of research into DPRK and raised a lot
01:45 of money to help those that have escaped.
01:46 Your coverage was detrimental.
01:48 Adam Robertson, "Still can't believe YouTubers are tricking around literal North Korea like,
01:52 'Yeah sure, countless human rights violations,' but waterslide!"
01:56 Louise Pentland, "I think fun for Louis' response to the press vlog was perfect.
02:00 I've loved North Korea vlogs.
02:01 Peace and love.
02:02 Just, you know, not for the people that actually live there."
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