Fake News outlet WSJ go after youtuber Pewdiepie for being a "nazi".

[guacamole]

Jim, in that video he litterally gave WSJ the middle finger. He lost his backing from Disney because WSJ approached Disney and put them under pressure. Pewdiepie apoligised to those he may have offended with his edgy humour but he ripped into WSJ for calling him a nazi when he isn't.

My goodness, your grasp on context is shockingly bad on things if you watched his video and thats what you got from it.

I think part of what some of us are trying to figure out is if WSJ actually called him a Nazi or if this is simply more of Brietbart's creative manufacturing of reality.

[Darth Ovious]

got a link to the WSJ article (or copy of it since WSJ is subscription?)

I'm in work just now. I'm busy tonight as well but you can watch some other Youtubers who covered it by referencing the article. I learned about it from Sargon of Akkad and Computing Forever (Dave Cullen).

[Darth Ovious]

I think part of what some of us are trying to figure out is if WSJ actually called him a Nazi or if this is simply more of Brietbart's creative manufacturing of reality.

They basically acussed him of being an anti-semite who uses nazi images in his videos. The problem of taking him out of context still remains however.

[guacamole]

They basically acussed him of being an anti-semite who uses nazi images in his videos. The problem of taking him out of context still remains however.

I get the schtick. I want to read the article for myself since watching anything by kewdiepie is giving me intracranial bleeding.

[Darth Ovious]

I get the schtick. I want to read the article for myself since watching anything by kewdiepie is giving me intracranial bleeding.

I suggest looking at it from another source like I mentioned above. Sargon is pretty good at having his sources on screen when he does his videos so I recommend watching his vid on it.

[Sparko]

From what I can tell, Disney and Youtube dropped him for his videos and the WSJ reported on it. Shouldn't he be upset with Disney and Google? Sounds like WSJ just reported on it, and took the side of Disney in their reporting.

[Darth Ovious]

From what I can tell, Disney and Youtube dropped him for his videos and the WSJ reported on it. Shouldn't he be upset with Disney and Google? Sounds like WSJ just reported on it, and took the side of Disney in their reporting.

According to Pewdiepie they dropped him because of pressure from WSJ.

[Sparko]

According to Pewdiepie they dropped him because of pressure from WSJ.

I can't read the article because it is subscription, but this is the original story from WSJ as far as I can tell:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/disney-...sts-1487034533

and it says in the readable part:

Disney Severs Ties With YouTube Star PewDiePie After Anti-Semitic Posts
Move came after the Journal asked about videos in which he included anti-Semitic jokes or Nazi imagery

Felix Kjellberg, who has 53 million subscribers to his “PewDiePie” YouTube channel, reacts as two men hold up a sign saying “Death to All Jews,” in a screenshot of a video he posted online. Mr. Kjellberg paid them to hold up the sign. The video was published Jan. 11 and pulled from YouTube this past weekend. The Indian men in the video apologized publicly in a video saying “we don’t really know what the message means.” Now Disney says it is cutting ties to the Swedish 27-year-old after WSJ inquired about videos he posted in which he includes anti-Semitic jokes or Nazi imagery. Warning: Graphic language and content.

So it looks like they "asked" about the videos, and then reported on it after Disney acted.

It's like they created the controversy and then reported on it. They created the news. I don't think news agencies are supposed to do that. Isn't that kinda like a firefighter causing arson?

But still, ultimately Disney made the decision.

I can't believe they were paying this guy $14M. what the heck? For a youtube channel? Is this for real? This world has gone nuts.

[Darth Ovious]

I can't read the article because it is subscription, but this is the original story from WSJ as far as I can tell:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/disney-...sts-1487034533

and it says in the readable part:

Disney Severs Ties With YouTube Star PewDiePie After Anti-Semitic Posts
Move came after the Journal asked about videos in which he included anti-Semitic jokes or Nazi imagery

Felix Kjellberg, who has 53 million subscribers to his “PewDiePie” YouTube channel, reacts as two men hold up a sign saying “Death to All Jews,” in a screenshot of a video he posted online. Mr. Kjellberg paid them to hold up the sign. The video was published Jan. 11 and pulled from YouTube this past weekend. The Indian men in the video apologized publicly in a video saying “we don’t really know what the message means.” Now Disney says it is cutting ties to the Swedish 27-year-old after WSJ inquired about videos he posted in which he includes anti-Semitic jokes or Nazi imagery. Warning: Graphic language and content.

So it looks like they "asked" about the videos, and then reported on it after Disney acted.

It's like they created the controversy and then reported on it. They created the news. I don't think news agencies are supposed to do that. Isn't that kinda like a firefighter causing arson?

But still, ultimately Disney made the decision.

I can't believe they were paying this guy $14M. what the heck? For a youtube channel? Is this for real? This world has gone nuts.

Thats what I meant by pressure though. Disney knew what was going to go down and they decided to drop him.

The verge have an article too.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?site...jEmwkEKg_0:434

[Terraceth]

I can't believe they were paying this guy $14M. what the heck? For a youtube channel? Is this for real? This world has gone nuts.

How has the world gone nuts? You get more people to watch you, you get more money. The guy gets 2 million views a day on average. Of course he's going to get paid a lot if he can manage that.

[guacamole]

How has the world gone nuts? You get more people to watch you, you get more money. The guy gets 2 million views a day on average. Of course he's going to get paid a lot if he can manage that.

I'm down with people making millions doing silly or even stupid things. It's the millions of views he has and the fact that because of irresponsible clicking, one of them is mine.

[Darth Ovious]

I'm down with people making millions doing silly or even stupid things. It's the millions of views he has and the fact that because of irresponsible clicking, one of them is mine.

He does have over 53 million subscribers. I'm guessing they provide the majority of his clicks. So don't feel bad about it.

[Sparko]

He does have over 53 million subscribers. I'm guessing they provide the majority of his clicks. So don't feel bad about it.

I am going to need to get you all to start paying me $1 every time you read one of my posts. It is well worth it!

[guacamole]

Seriously. I'm trying to think if I could get 53 milllion subscribers by having a Channel about a fat nerd who wants to play board games.

[Sparko]

Seriously. I'm trying to think if I could get 53 milllion subscribers by having a Channel about a fat nerd who wants to play board games.

That pretty much describes 50% of youtube right now. Except they record themselves playing video games. Board games might be just the twist needed to stand out. Good luck.