Shubz and the Grift of the Nation
Image: Martel Wikeepa known as Shubz appears during an in-person interview, where he outlines the origins of Heal the Nation, and reflects on his public persona. Screenshot from 'Shubz & Skye – Burning Bridges Podcast' (Supplied / YouTube)
If u asking people for 100k…. gotta show real transparancy.
This reads less like an opinion piece and more like a coordinated beat up. It leans heavily on insinuation, recycled social media screenshots and psychological framing, while offering very little in the way of verified facts or balance.
The irony is hard to miss: an article criticising someone for “controlling a narrative” while itself constructing one almost entirely from interpretation and tone….. ..
You don’t have to agree with everything Shubz says or does to recognise that he’s mobilising people, starting conversations and putting energy into something bigger than himself. That matters. Criticism is fair but credibility cuts both ways. Accountability applies just as much to writers as it does to the people they’re criticising.
If this is journalism, it should deal in evidence not character assassination by implication.