It certainly would have brought more attention to it, and maybe, just maybe, gotten more responses from blues.
Even if they’re not affected, many people who watch their vids, streams, and weekly round-up podcasts are.
To me, it feels like if the coffee shop across the street from your local TV news station was on fire, but they didn’t bother to cover it because it wasn’t on fire the last time they went there. Then they parrot a press release from the local fire department PIO three weeks later saying, “While 75% of the shop burned down, there’s still sidewalk seating outside, and they’ll be open with a limited menu on Monday!”