#PewDiePieDidNothingWrong

[Tactical Nuke]

Oh stuff, I forgot about that. But was that a result of media, or was that what the media reported on to slander him? What was the sponsor's official statement on the release of the sponsorship?

The three journalists responsible, Ben Fritz, Jack Nicas and Rolfe Winkler, all Wall Street Journal writers, "broke the story" and Disney and Youtube pulled support as a reaction. In fact, I'm pretty sure the three went straight to the companies to tell them this stuff.



Also, this is loving amazing:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/magazine/youtubes-monster-pewdiepie-and-his-populist-revolt.html

"Youtube's Monster: PewDiePie and his Populist Revolt"

As we reflect on the momentous result, and the months of reporting and polling that preceded it, we aim to rededicate ourselves to the fundamental mission of Times journalism. That is to report America and the world honestly, without fear or favor, striving always to understand and reflect all political perspectives and life experiences in the stories that we bring to you.

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[RedGajin]

i dont think he'll sue because its probably not doing that much damage to his career. if he sues over it, itll just draw more attention to the issue and drag it out making him look worse. youtubers arent big news to the general pop, but filing a major lawsuit against journalists for writing bad articles about him saying "death to the jews" will def bring a lot of unwanted heat

sure he lost disney, but in the eyes of most people it seems like theyre either on his side/think he's received suitable punishment

[otto-san]

it's hard to win a libel/slander case as a famous person. you have to prove intentional harm and not just the fact that bad things happened to you because people spread word about something you publicly did

[Master Matthew²]

it's hard to win a libel/slander case as a famous person. you have to prove intentional harm and not just the fact that bad things happened to you because people spread word about something you publicly did

Well, going directly to disney and pressuring them to cut ties with pewdiepie seems like intentional harm to me.

[Tactical Nuke]

it's hard to win a libel/slander case as a famous person. you have to prove intentional harm and not just the fact that bad things happened to you because people spread word about something you publicly did

the disregard for context in this article goes beyond normal MSM ignorance into the realm of intentional harm

[LeisureSuit912]

(because liberals would never loved iDubbbz jokes,)

Wait what? I'm liberal and I think idubbbz is funny.

Also IDK why Disney would've made a deal with PewDiePie in the first place if they weren't expecting him to be inappropriate. He's cursed in his vids for a long time, he's not really family-friendly content, so why would he fit their brand?

All in all, Felix's gonna be fine. He has over 50 million subscribers, he's the most popular YouTuber by far.

[PhantOS]

idubbbz is the best lol

however nobody in their right mind would ever sign a business partnership or sponsorship with idubbbz if they wanted to keep their relations PG

[PhantOS]

Well, going directly to disney and pressuring them to cut ties with pewdiepie seems like intentional harm to me.

You realize Disney is a service that caters entertainment towards children between the ages of 4 and 16. Their primary demographic is children who are under the TV-MA age, and millions of parents either pay for their channels on TV, pay for their merchandise in the form of toys, products, etc. Disneyland attracts a huge amount of kids and parents.

If Disney were to continue their relations with Pewdiepie they would literally lose 90% of their entire market and probably be boycotted by angry parents. It's not them trying to censor stuff, it's them trying desperately to maintain their dignity in the children entertainment market.

Disney deserves to know the moment their business partner starts making holocaust jokes.

[Tactical Nuke]

You realize Disney is a service that caters entertainment towards children between the ages of 4 and 16. Their primary demographic is children who are under the TV-MA age, and millions of parents either pay for their channels on TV, pay for their merchandise in the form of toys, products, etc. Disneyland attracts a huge amount of kids and parents.

If Disney were to continue their relations with Pewdiepie they would literally lose 90% of their entire market and probably be boycotted by angry parents. It's not them trying to censor stuff, it's them trying desperately to maintain their dignity in the children entertainment market.

Disney deserves to know the moment their business partner starts making holocaust jokes.

Yeah, if you were a baker and the local news lied to you about the confectionaries having maggots in them, you'd drop them too, that's not the point.

The point is that the MSM is dishonest, and if people can't see that at this point I don't know what will change their mind. Perhaps a lawsuit from the most popular guy on Youtube?



Also, can we stop with this "controversial jokes are bad" thing? I don't know what channels you watch, but Jews make anti-semetic jokes too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozNKwaqdlA8&t
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-humor-comedy-taboo-pc-ellen-degeneres-perspec-0921-md-20160920-story.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwMukKqx-Os

If you can't take a joke, then don't laugh. No one is forcing you to laugh. What you don't have a right to do is to be offended and to try and destroy these entertainers' lives.

[otto-san]

What you don't have a right to do is to be offended and to try and destroy these entertainers' lives.

these are specifically combined statements right? since obviously people have a right to be offended about things, they just don't have a right to destroy someone's life because of it. regardless, some people just have different standards of humor and there's nothing wrong with that. if you're a richard about things you don't like in general tho, obvs that's not a great thing

that being said, if what pewdiepie did was in a video he publicly uploaded to youtube, then idk if there's much grounds for a lawsuit.

[PhantOS]

If you can't take a joke, then don't laugh. No one is forcing you to laugh. What you don't have a right to do is to be offended and to try and destroy these entertainers' lives.

how does one not have the right to be offended by something that is clearly offensive? what the actual forget is this world coming to where you're automatically evil if you feel threatened by someone else's sense of humor?

those journalists that did whatever you described like going to Disney to bring this up were entirely right to do so. if you picked up a PG game and saw a curse word in it you'd be right to bring it up to the creator of the video game so that they can rectify it. In this case, that's what they did- they brought the issue to disney and disney made the right and smart decision to cut ties with pewdiepie. there's nothing dishonest about it.

[ShadowsfeaR]

Why the forget did Disney sign with Pewds in the first place? He was never PG.

[Foxscotch]

Disney was founded by a guy who made anti-semetic "jokes"

america was founded by people who had black slaves

Why the forget did Disney sign with Pewds in the first place? He was never PG.

is star wars pg

[PhantOS]

america was founded by people who had black slaves

"b-b-but black people owned slaves first!!!"

[ShadowsfeaR]

is star wars pg

Does star wars say forget, stuff, ass, handicapped, etc.? Does it contain intense blood or gore or loveual themes?