Current Events > How do you feel about content creators like MatPat and Extra Credits...

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...doing "educational videos" on world history?

Do you trust them to be well researched and accurate?

MatPat's doing history vids now what?

And I like Extra History. >_>
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MattPat made a video about Vikings, Samurai, and Knights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwoGVWgK8v8

I enjoy EC's history videos; I would still never trust them to be a reliable source. I believe they've openly stated that they often stretch the truth for the sake of telling a better story, which is fair, but discredits them slightly for anything other than entertainment purposes.
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it's just a theory
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You can't criticize MattPat because it's just a theory

Extra Credits is a joke and anyone who takes anything he says serious shouldn't be legally allowed to own anything sharper than a crayon for their own safety
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Bluster posted...

I enjoy EC's history videos; I would still never trust them to be a reliable source. I believe they've openly stated that they often stretch the truth for the sake of telling a better story, which is fair, but discredits them slightly for anything other than entertainment purposes.

Yeah, they admit despite the idea being outdated, they follow the "Great Man" theory of history because it makes for a better story. Their Lies segments are when they reveal all the things they may have fudged for drama and all the interesting real life things they didn't/couldn't include.

They're good for a "narrative version" of history, but aren't something you can rely on for actual research.
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I don't like the presentation of EC.
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