He’s an inept nasty little ambulance chasing gorehound who profits off people’s pain. He’s totally unqualified to comment on any of this. His presentation and analysis is naive, juvenile, unprofessional, and distorted for clicks. Do you think he gives any of his money to the parents? Look what he did for views in the Nicola Bulley case, and with Jay Slater. He's the modern equivalent of a Victorian Penny Dreadful though at least those vultures could draw. He’s vile and you’re giving him clicks and views willingly because you find it entertaining.
Even if he did buy some of the transcripts, and I don’t think he did, so what? The transcripts are available elsewhere. He manipulates them. He edits them. He includes his own stupid commentary (I mean stupid literally, not merely as a pejorative btw) He only includes what suits the narrative he wants to present.
Lots of people went to court. Everything he has from the transcripts are available elsewhere.
Trusting sources with no standards and a track record of failure just because they echo your prejudices is lazy and dangerous. This is just junk food for people who’ve already made up their minds. The worst part is citing him when others are bringing real journalism and world-class expert criticism.
His business model is to sensationalise, simplify, and keep the audience hooked. You lap it up, clinging to biased narratives that flatter your prejudice, however weak the prosecution’s case looks when properly examined.
True crime, murder stories, courtroom drama, and the hunt for justice have always captivated audiences. I am interested in some elements of that too, hence this conversation. But for some, like you, it’s only about the thrill of moral certainty. Not the truth. The idea of a witch, a monster, an irredeemable villain makes the world feel neater. Watching someone ‘evil’ be condemned, whether or not they are guilty, gives a feeling of order and control. It’s the same mob instinct that’s fuelled witch trials and moral panics for centuries. When complex cases are reduced to black-and-white narratives, which is what you seek and what you peddle here, justice has nothing to do with it. It’s just theatre for the outraged, and grist for YouTubers cashing in on other people’s tragedies.
But by all means continue to flog CS2C as if he’s anything but a trashy ambulance chaser while you ignore our sources of real expert opinion, and world-class, fact-checked, investigative journalism. They may be less entertaining, but they have integrity and if all your side has left is the trashy and the sordid history shows us how this is all going to end.