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Popular streamer Hasan Piker claims he was detained for hours by US airport officials over his political views.

“The gulf nations succeeded in positioning themselves in a way that lets them play constructive roles in several issues,” said Hasan Alhasan, senior fellow for Middle East policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Bahrain.

Hasan, 45, is no stranger to the rising dissatisfaction around the state of the news media and the confusion over how we consume our news.

Hasan’s unwillingness to soften the edges around hot-button topics could be the reason he’s worked for more outlets than most public-facing folks in the media.

Now, on the one-year anniversary of his enterprise, Hasan talks about what it took to create an outlet somewhere between mainstream news and “burn it all down” media.