Mark Joseph

“The notion that a simple conversation with a rock legend like Gene Simmons is labeled ‘shocking content’ and ‘election advertising’ is ridiculous, as anyone who watches the episode can attest,”

Mark Joseph · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Producer Mark Joseph objected to YouTube labeling podcast promotional ads as shocking content and election advertising.

“It’s unfortunate because it severely limits the reach,”

Mark Joseph · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Producer Mark Joseph commented on how the promotional blocks affect the project's audience reach.

“For 30 years, Simmons has been branded for outrageous content, and now he’s been deemed outrageous for talking?”

Mark Joseph · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Producer Mark Joseph criticized YouTube for flagging an advertisement for an interview with Gene Simmons.

“The similarities to Facebook are that both use a nebulous reasoning that the content somehow constitutes electioneering, but with the ‘Making Reagan’ series on YouTube, these are just ordinary conversations with people who were involved with the film or the topic of the film and have nothing to do with advocating for an election,”

Mark Joseph · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Producer Mark Joseph compared YouTube's ad restrictions to previous issues encountered on Facebook.

“The idea that an information and news-oriented interview with the man who shot Ronald Reagan, John Hinckley, is labeled ‘election advertising’ and blocked from being boosted is equally crazy,”

Mark Joseph · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Producer Mark Joseph reacted to YouTube blocking promotion of his interview with John Hinckley Jr.

“These are normal conversations.”

Mark Joseph · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Producer Mark Joseph defended the podcast interviews as normal conversations.