Credibility isn’t something you declare. It’s something you earn—through experience, integrity, and the standards of the people you align with.
Credibility Is Built—And It Can Be Traded Away
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. He is in the business of trading credibility for clout.
News2Share: Not a Serious Standard
Take News2Share. It markets itself as “independent journalism,” but the output often resembles a bargain-bin version of partisan rage media rather than a serious newsroom.
Sensational framing and outrage-driven content are the product. Mulholland’s choice to work with them—especially around the January 6th period—was not incidental. It was consistent with a pattern: attaching himself to platforms that prioritize heat over light.
A YouTube ecosystem that rewards inflammatory packaging, unmoderated chaos, and engagement-at-any-cost is not a substitute for editorial standards. There is no journalistic value in chaos for chaos’s sake. And yet this is where Mulholland has repeatedly chosen to plant his flag.
The Experience Gap: Judging an Industry He Doesn’t Understand
Mulholland also lacks real-world industry experience in the subjects he covers. He has never worked on a porn set, never managed a production, and never lived within the ecosystem he so freely judges.
He approaches the adult industry like a tourist with a megaphone—loud, ignorant, and out of his depth. And instead of doing the unglamorous work of learning how the industry actually operates, he relies on alliances with agenda-driven groups and click-hungry media companies that value outrage over accuracy.
When the motive is attention by any means necessary, this kind of posture is not surprising. It is predictable.
Cosplay, Not Journalism
Anyone who takes the time to examine the pattern comes to a straightforward conclusion: this isn’t journalism. It’s cosplay.
Mulholland plays the role of the crusading reporter while standing on platforms that have abandoned truth for theatrics. Hitching your credibility to outfits like News2Share doesn’t merely raise questions—it answers them.
What a Serious Journalist Would Do Instead
If Paul Mulholland wants to be seen as a serious journalist, he would need to start acting like one.
- Step away from outrage ecosystems and echo chambers
- Disclose bias and check conclusions before reporting
- Get firsthand experience and learn the industry from within
- Prioritize accuracy, context, and verifiable facts over implication
- Do the hard, unglamorous work of understanding what he claims to cover
Conclusion
Until then, Mulholland remains what his track record suggests: another fake journalist chasing clout on a discredited stage.