Former Sun political editor Harry Cole’s new US-based venture, YouTube show Harry Cole Saves the West scored an early hit with its interview with scandal-laden Peter Mandelson. So, is the American dream continuing to deliver for Carrie Johnson’s ex-boyfriend, who had long agitated for a transatlantic move?
Alas not, with Sun wags joking that sending Cole to Washington has been about as successful as selling coal to Newcastle. A month in, the YouTube channel for the “unflinching, no-apology show confronting the crises shaking the US and UK” has only around 3,700 subscribers, with many episodes struggling to break three figures in viewers.
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A separate YouTube channel for Talk, Rupert Murdoch’s no-longer-on-TV
channel, also showcases episodes of the show, but while viewing figures are
higher than on the programme’s own channel, they are still very low – usually only reaching a few thousand.
At the time of writing, an interview with three US journalists on Democrat
mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani’s “plan to burn millions on New York fantasy wish list” has racked up 82 views, an episode on how American football’s NFL is a “woke propaganda machine” 66 views and one with two little-known commentators slamming Democrats’ “crazy socialism” 57 views. And they are hardly outliers.
It’s almost as if Sun readers are not particularly interested in hearing obscure US commentators discussing stateside politicians they’ve never heard of!
