re: PewDiePie is pissed.

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So you guys basically found yourselves a new, whinier Milo?

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I don't see this as a "political" issue.

This goes to the question of MSM news credibility. In the post above yours, the viewer count of PDP's video is at 4.6M in a single day. That 4.6M people who were shown pretty clear evidence that PDP got screwed by the media.

Absolute best case scenario? 4.6M have a shadow of doubt every time they read something in a newspaper / web-article. Worst case scenario? Some of them are utterly lost to certain outlets for a long time, if not forever.

It was completely unnecessary, too. The WSJ could have published a balanced, interesting article on whether coarse humor online leads to hatred/bigotry. They could have avoided the histrionic tone and accusations.

That would make this whole episode a difference of opinion, opposed to the WSJ scrambling for the high ground. That did not happen, and 4.6M watched a video where one of the journalists claiming the high ground is making jokes about "the jews."