I know exactly how big the world is, thanks. The guy personally built a new workstation for Linus Torvalds and sent it to him.

Maybe the world's a bigger than you imagine.

I'm not sure you get my point.

Your internet celebrities are not as famous as you imagine and thus not references the layperson would know of let alone trust.

A major newspaper, despite its defects, is much more of a known quantity.

Wendell did a video with Linus Tech Tips a few years back, and they’ve collaborated a few times before and since, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsgI1mkx6iw

network chuck too, was my first video of him I watched, and probably most interesting too, but that's probably personal thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cmmVEoftEM

I can’t find any appearence or mention of Wendell in that video, nor could I find any other video by the same person featuring Wendell.