YouTube star PewDiePie has accused the mainstream media of attacking independent media outlets due to the fact that the public, en masse, are turning away from old school media. The Swedish comedian – who has a YouTube channel with over 53 million subscribers – recently came under fire and was accused of being “anti-semitic” and a “nazi” after he came out in support of President Trump. Ibankcoin.com reports: I’m sure you’re aware of what happened over the last week; PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, made a few anti-Semitic jokes and immediately had his ass handed to him by Disney and Google after the soon to be failing Wall St. Journal made a national issue out of the 27 year old’s antics. The WSJ also cobbled together a hit-piece video accompanying their report, which spliced together out of context footage of PewDiePie doing Nazi stuff. It’s been dismantled. Kids love the guy. They know PewDiePie. So the fact that corporate media thought they could simply gang up and wave a magic wand branding Kjellberg a Nazi was ham-handed and presumptuous. As if WSJ, Disney, Google, Salon, Slate, and the rest of the queued up MSM hit-squad could convince kids and their parents that a guy who’s been speaking [...]
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