Moon Channel

Moon Channel, sometimes referred to as simply Moony, is an American attorney and YouTuber who creates educational YouTube videos on how topics such as real-world issues, history, law, psychology, gender, and politics, as well how they might relate to video games and the video game industry. 
== Personal Life ==
Moony doesn't talk much about his personal life, but has shared some details throughout some of his videos. Moony is a native New Yorker, growing up in a Protestant family in Manhattan.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COiNrIM9KVE Moony has two younger sisters, and he has told personal stories at points about them, such as how he used to be dismissive of their hobbies when he was younger and deeply regretted his dismissive attitude in the years since.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjKB12IoX7E Moony is a full-time lawyer outside of YouTube and practices in the state of New York.
=== Political Views ===
Moony, despite being a Christian, has Progressive social and political views. Moony is an ally to the LGBTQ+ community, including transgender people. He has also shown some feminist views and has acknowledged struggles women face in society that men do not.
== Controversy ==
=== Jobst vs. The Completionist - VG Law Review ===
==== Initial Video ====
On December 31, 2023, Moony uploaded a 57-minute video as a part of his VG Law Review series called "Jobst vs. The Completionist - VG Law Review", which discussed the charity fraud and embezzlement accusations of Jirard Khalil (known better as The Completionist) that Karl Jobst and Mutahar from SomeOrdinaryGamers came out with on November 13, 2023.Jobst vs. The Completionist - VG Law Review - YouTube
==== Initial Criticism ====
In a community tab post uploaded a few days after the VG Law Review episode released, Moony stated that it had become his most controversial video.(20) Moon Channel - YouTube
==== Jobst's Response ====
On January 21, 2024, Jobst uploaded a public response to Moony's video titled "Clueless Lawyer Defends the Completionist". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p5U4OfJ1NA Jobst debunked some of Moony's claims and criticized areas of his video that were poorly researched, saying that he should have looked more into the Discord call, Jirard's past behaviors and statements in Indieland streams, and Jirard's pattern of consistently lying on multiple occasions. This led to some fans of Jobst going onto Moony's video to post incendiary comments against him, calling him an idiot, a bad lawyer, and accusing him of also engaging in charity fraud with no evidence to back up said claim. Some of said comments were also put against Lextorias, one of Moony's collaborators who helped write the tax law segment of the initial VG Law Review video. After reviewing Jobst's response video, Moony uploaded an apology in a pinned comment on the initial VG Law review segment as well as on his YouTube community tab, in which he agreed with many of Jobst's criticism and points, admitting where he was wrong, stating that he came to a flawed conclusion which led to him becoming unnecessarily hostile towards Jobst.https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxWPCyMMISADLZBjdPYKZQ4RYNv-m7NQBz Moony said that he will also raise his research standards for any future VG Law Review episode, as the Jobst vs. Completionist video was not up to his usual standards of research and was quickly put together. Moony reached out privately to apologize to Jobst as confirmed in a pinned comment on Jobst's response video. Moony stated that he cannot take down his video due to a contractual obligation with his sponsor, and feels it is necessary to preserve his mistakes and keep the video up to provide context for Jobst's criticisms and to keep his integrity as a lawyer. Despite the two of them resolving this drama on amicable terms, some of Jobst's fans were not willing to accept Moony's apology due to the fact that he initially doubled down when criticisms were brought up to him earlier. On January 22, 2024, Moony decided to remove the video after waves of backlash from Jobst's fans for him keeping it up, even if it may cause issues with Brilliant who sponsored the original video. https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxstcmiZZPj3gt-tV4x4OvwTPMU1N9zI2X 
== Trivia ==
* Moony attended the Marble Collegiate Church as a child, which is the same Church that former United States President Donald J Trump attended.
* Moony's legal practice focuses on cases involving victims of domestic abuse, human trafficking, and refugees. 
* Moony uses images of Maya Fey and Phoenix Wright from the Ace Attorney series, as well as the Nendoroid 327 Shizue (Isabelle) figure to represent himself based on whatever emotion he is conveying.
* 10% of the proceeds on every video he uploads goes to Doctors Without Borders, which also includes any sponsorship money he receives.
==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2020