PJ The Belt - April 22, 2026


Carney's Media Just Put a MASSIVE TARGET on Alberta Podcasters


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7 minutes

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1,348

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45

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In this episode PJ talks about the fake youTubers on YouTube and how they are misinforming the population about Alberta Separation and the "independent" voices that are trying to make a stand for Alberta independence.

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00:00:00.000 Good news, bad news. That's what they're doing now. They're saying a bunch of YouTubers are missing forming Albertans about Alberta separation. They didn't make any distinctions. They didn't go, it's a specific group, but there's some real ones. The bad side of that is that they're now going to use a broad brush and paint us all in the same light. Because again, you can't trust the mainstream media.
00:00:30.000 Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!
00:00:39.860 Hey everybody, it's PJ coming at you from Highway 16, the yellowhead out here in central Alberta, just east of Edmonton. 1.00
00:00:48.160 As you guys know on this channel, I try to keep you guys informed when it comes to Alberta independence. 0.99
00:00:53.840 as an Albertan myself who is worried about the situation that our province is living in out here
00:01:01.320 in Canada the unfair treatment that the province of Alberta wild rose country has received being
00:01:08.800 a part of confederation where the federal government just takes takes takes so the good
00:01:13.620 news is we're being noticed uh independent uh youtubers independent people that are talking
00:01:20.260 about alberta independence are being noticed uh our effort is having an effect holy crap it's
00:01:27.260 windy out here but that's that's nothing new those of you who know but i digress the effect
00:01:32.840 is being felt but there's also another side to that story to the effect of us informing the
00:01:40.980 public there's a bunch of people that are always uh just opportunist trying to take advantage of
00:01:46.640 a situation and as you may well know many of you may well know there's a bunch of fake so-called
00:01:53.860 youtubers out there that are misinforming the population misinforming albertians talking about
00:02:00.840 things that haven't happened things that are not likely to happen misinforming people and the
00:02:05.660 mainstream media has caught on to it and as you know if you watch this channel you can't really
00:02:11.200 trust the mainstream media it's the same in canada it's the same in alberta it's the same in the
00:02:16.880 united states the mainstream media is the enemy the enemy of the people for the most part they
00:02:22.000 are not looking to inform you they're looking to misinform you and manipulate your opinion
00:02:27.280 long story short they made a story on the reality of a whole bunch of ai creating creating fake
00:02:33.920 stories about alberta fake stories about the alberta independence movement of course they
00:02:38.320 use the word separation they don't call it sovereignty or independence because that would
00:02:42.800 be a positive uh to call it that so they want to paint it in a negative light so of course they call
00:02:47.600 it separation they throw a bunch of the usual suspects in there you have this guy canadian
00:02:52.320 reporter you have another guy david frazier some other guy something something i don't even know
00:02:56.960 the names there's like 30 or 40 of these people using clips from other creators using ai the
00:03:04.320 avatar oftentimes isn't even a real person bunch of them you guys will know you'll see it right away
00:03:09.280 if you know how to identify that but they're preying on the fact that a lot of people don't
00:03:12.320 know how to identify ai and normally i don't name names i try to stay away from controversy because
00:03:18.240 i'm not trying to pick fights with people i'm not looking for that i'm not that kind of a person
00:03:23.840 i'm the kind of guy that if i need to say something to you i'll say it to your face
00:03:27.360 but again a lot of this is ai generated these people are not even real people they're not even
00:03:32.080 using their own voices they're not here in alberta they're not here here on the ground researchers
00:03:37.200 say a network of youtube channels is using fake videos with false facts to target albertans
00:03:43.360 the report identifies a network of about 20 channels posing as alberta voices
00:03:47.920 that push u.s annexation and alberta separation the videos often use real news about alberta
00:03:54.240 separation but distort and exaggerate grievances and sometimes get facts wrong researchers say
00:04:00.720 the people are not real and the videos appear coordinated using the same scripts the same audio
00:04:06.640 and even posting at the same time together they have nearly 40 million views some of the channels
00:04:13.120 have actual like ai body and avatars performing the content and some just have ai voiceovers with
00:04:19.600 the idea of a provincial referendum on the ballot being potentially held in the fall it's important
00:04:24.400 for albertans and canadians broadly to know which voices are real and which are fake elections alberta
00:04:29.200 says a new unit is being established to track all forms of deep fakes misinformation disinformation
00:04:35.840 youtube says it's reviewing the channels and will remove content that violates its rules it's it's
00:04:41.920 good news that they're going after those people apparently they're reporting them to youtube
00:04:45.200 because youtube is not really cracking down on that and these people are taking advantage of the
00:04:49.920 work that independent journalists or independent podcasters like myself and other youtubers
00:04:55.520 are doing bad side of that is that they're they're now going to use a broad brush and paint us all in
00:05:00.640 the same light because again you can't trust the mainstream media that's what they're doing now
00:05:05.600 they're saying a bunch of youtubers are missing forming albertans about alberta separation they
00:05:11.200 didn't make any distinctions they didn't go it's a specific group but there's some real ones but a
00:05:17.280 new report identifies a network of about 20 youtube channels posing as albertan voices pushing u.s
00:05:23.280 annexation and alberta separation researchers say they're not real and appear coordinated using the
00:05:28.880 same scripts the same clips and even posting at the same time together reaching nearly 40 million
00:05:34.400 views some of the channels have actual like ai body and avatars performing the content and some
00:05:40.080 just have ai uh voiceovers the videos often use real news about alberta separation but distort
00:05:46.080 and exaggerate the grievances and sometimes getting the facts wrong anybody promoting you know
00:05:51.200 So, you know, U.S. annexation or U.S. state, they're not part of our movement.
00:05:55.160 The report suggests the goal is to drive attention and influence.
00:05:58.620 This is a very important year in Alberta with the idea of a provincial referendum on the ballot being potentially held in the fall.
00:06:05.220 It's important for Albertans and Canadians broadly to know which voices are real and which are fake.
00:06:09.540 In response, Elections Alberta says a new unit is being established to track all forms of deep fakes, misinformation and disinformation.
00:06:17.500 YouTube says it's reviewing the channels and will remove content that violates its rules.
00:06:23.080 Ken Williams, who opposes separation, worries about outside influence.
00:06:27.200 There are players, I think, that are taking advantage of chaos,
00:06:31.580 amping it up in order to manipulate voting.
00:06:36.920 Trotz also rejected the messaging in the videos.
00:06:39.560 I totally think that's wrong. I mean, facts are facts.
00:06:42.240 Let them speak for themselves, good or bad.
00:06:44.100 The report can't confirm who's behind the network or where it originates, saying the evidence is still unclear.
00:06:50.720 That's what they're doing now. They're saying a bunch of YouTubers are misinforming Albertans about Alberta separation.
00:06:57.360 They didn't make any distinctions. They didn't go, it's a specific group, but there's some real ones.
00:07:03.240 They didn't do any of that. No, they painted it all with a broad brush saying that YouTubers are misinforming Albertans when it comes to Alberta independence.
00:07:09.080 And, of course, they were always going to do that because their goal is not to protect you from AI content.
00:07:17.340 Their goal is to convince you that we're all AI content.
00:07:22.940 You know, let me see.
00:07:25.320 I guess I am real.
00:07:26.880 I guess, you know, still real.
00:07:28.820 Anyways, that was it.
00:07:30.020 That was my two cents.
00:07:31.240 If you support this kind of content, real content from real people, from a real person, make sure to subscribe.
00:07:37.200 Hit the bell notification because I will keep you informed about the Alberta independence movement and everything relating to
00:07:43.280 Western independence. It's been PJ and I'll see you in the next one. Peace