How Do We Know What’s Real Anymore? | Josh Smith From #485 | The Way I Heard It

Mike nailed it. Defrauding is rampant.

YouTube is a major offender. 90 percent of the ads I see are for fraudulent products. It is to the point I just assume all ads are fake.

The amount of fraud in our country, almost exclusively perpetrated by China and to a slightly lesser degree, India, is so staggering that you have to purposely try to avoid seeing the problem.

The default position for any advertising should be "This is a lie"

THANK YOU MIKE, I’m 69 years old, when I was young man I went to 2 Trade schools to learn how to weld , at the same time I was going through an Union Ironworker Apprenticeship Training Program completed it. Thirty years of work and also became a Union Representative. As a Union Representative I would visit the Trade Schools and non-Union Sites to seek out qualified AWS-Welders. I have always Appreciated Your Encouragement to the Uneducated to learn Trade Skills, College isn’t always the Answer. Retired Union Ironworker and former Union Business Agent.

I used to be amused by ads. Now I HATE THEM ALL, NO EXCEPTIONS. I don't believe ANYTHING ANY OF THEM ARE SAYING.

As with anything that starts out with good intentions, Ai has become the tool of deception for some.

I work for a major sunglass manufacturer and their really speaks to me… lol. It’s disgusting all the knockoff, fake product out in the marketplace.

Hopefully this comment can be shared with Josh. I bought several of MKC knives during 2025 as I planned to give them as XMas gifts along with some MKC swag. I wasn't sure if they would appreciate the MKC worksmanship and the MKC story ... fortunately I bought directly from MKC as I had no idea of all the fraud. The MKC knives and swag were very well received and in fact I had to order another MKC jacket. God Bless.

They are not in a basement on a laptop. They are in a corporate office conference room.