19/02/17 - PewDiePie angrily accuses media of 'out-of-context' reports on antisemitic video (46)

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/16/pewdiepie-antisemitic-video-media-wall-street-journal

This article is about how a famous YouTuber, PewDiePie, uploaded a rant video about how the mainstream media picked different parts from the many videos he had uploaded which had made him look like an anti-semite (a person who is hostile to or prejudiced against Jews). The YouTuber then started to compared the old-school media to the new media platform by saying that "old-school media does not like internet personalities because they are scared of us. We have so much influence and such a large voice, and I don't think they understand that". This can be led to the fact that things that are posted on the internet shouldn't always be taken to heart as a lot of people who take this up as 'banter' rather than wanting to take this to offence and starting a new argument with others, creating a negative environment on the internet. In addition, he also said that he has started to fight back against the mainstream media but “the more I punch back, the more I get back” and he doesn't like how the reports focus solely on how much he earns through his YouTube career.

• He doesn’t like the fact that reports focus on how much he earns (estimated to be more than $12m in 2016).
• Kjellberg, who has more than 53 million subscribers on YouTube, explained that his relationship with mainstream media has soured over the years as he has become more successful.
• The story, he said, “was an attack towards me by the media to try and discredit me, decrease my influence”.

In my opinion, I believe that what the YouTuber is talking about does make a lot of sense about how the mainstream media like to make a big deal over something which has no meaning towards it. However, I still believe that the content that he has posted on his account is also wrong. First of all, if someone is trying to make a video that is tended to be quite funny, they should be allowed to and if he isn't fussed about what he has posted, then no one else should get in front of him and hold him back or put him off doing so. On the other hand, I do believe that what he has posted is wrong to some extent but no one should retaliate towards him as it would just create a scene and therefore, create a negative atmosphere which could then put off the viewers of his YouTube channel.