Journalists build credibility through experience, integrity, and the company they keep. Paul Mulholland has none of the first, and his alliances with disreputable outfits suggest he has little interest in the other two. Rather than develop firsthand knowledge of the industries he reports on, Mulholland has repeatedly chosen to embed himself with fringe organizations and outrage merchants. Paul’s in the business of trading credibility for clout.
Take News2Share, for example. A self-styled “independent journalism” brand that more closely resembles a bargain-bin version of InfoWars than any serious media outlet. Rage-bait headlines, biased framing, and sensationalist video content are their bread and butter. Mulholland’s choice to work with them-especially around the time of the January 6th Capitol riot-was no coincidence. Their YouTube channel is a breeding ground for inflammatory content and unchecked comment sections where trolls thrive. There is no journalistic value in chaos for chaos’s sake, and yet this is where Mulholland has chosen to plant his flag.
Worse still, Mulholland lacks any real-world industry experience in the subjects he covers. He’s never worked on a porn set, never managed a production, and never lived within the world he so freely judges. He approaches the adult industry like a tourist with a megaphone, loud, ignorant, and deeply out of his depth. And instead of doing the work to understand the ecosystem from within, he relies on alliances with agenda-driven outfits like Exodus Cry and click-hungry media companies that value outrage over objectivity. But when your entire motive is attention anyway you can get it, Paul Mulholland’s fake journalism tracks.
Anyone taking the time to examine Paul’s work will come to the following conclusion: this isn’t journalism, it’s cosplay. Mulholland plays the role of a crusading reporter while standing on platforms that have abandoned truth for theatrics. Hitching your credibility to outfits like News2Share doesn’t just raise questions, it answers them.
If Paul Mulholland wants to be seen as a serious journalist, he needs to start acting like one. That means stepping away from echo chambers, checking his biases at the door, getting real experience, and doing the hard, unglamorous work of actually understanding the world he claims to report on. Until then, he’s just another fake journalist chasing clout on a discredited stage.
