WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:07.469 Good evening. I am Donna Lemon, and you're watching PEW news the most trusted news source on the internet I 00:00:17.230 --> 00:00:23.760 I don't have the mark, I don't have the chair, I don't have the green screen. The first news, I mean, pewpeewp 00:00:24.340 --> 00:00:27.569 the first news comes from Johnny D 00:00:32.739 --> 00:00:34.739 *snoop dog plays and he sings along* 00:00:35.800 --> 00:00:38.620 Johnny D which I made a video on a few months ago and.. 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:46.360 he is now suffering from penumonia. I don't really know how it's pronounced pneumoniae. It's a lung bacteria 00:00:46.380 --> 00:00:49.320 I think. I shouldn't even talk about it cause I don't know what it is, but it's bad, okay 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:55.439 It's bad, and he needs our help. I tweeted about this and Johnny D's wife made a video explaining the situation 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:59.820 Good evening, everybody. My name is Helen. I am Johnny D's wife 00:00:59.820 --> 00:01:02.800 We have been married for almost 11 years 00:01:03.070 --> 00:01:06.959 She talks about how Johnny D started the channel from her gifting 00:01:07.510 --> 00:01:14.489 him the karaoke set that included all the songs, talks about how my video really helped out his channel a lot 00:01:14.490 --> 00:01:18.750 and he was very happy about that, but as you probably know he got scammed. 00:01:19.570 --> 00:01:22.500 Twice. And he never got any of that money 00:01:22.689 --> 00:01:27.989 which sucks. I feel bad for for Johnny and his situation and of course 00:01:27.990 --> 00:01:33.030 I want to help as much as I can. A lot of people said this was fake, so they uploaded another video 00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:43.800 where you can clearly see Johnny is in critical condition 00:01:43.800 --> 00:01:45.540 hello fans, 00:01:45.540 --> 00:01:52.080 uh, thanks. You can pay for my wife's daughter for me being alive today. I passed out at home 00:01:52.080 --> 00:01:55.300 I couldn't even get to my cell phone call, 911 00:01:55.300 --> 00:02:00.000 She heard me screaming, woke up in the middle of the night and save my- saved me 00:02:00.969 --> 00:02:06.449 I tweeted the GoFundMe page that they linked to which is helping covering the the cost for the medical bills 00:02:06.490 --> 00:02:10.860 I want to be able to help as much as I can obviously. I want to be cautious about this 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:15.059 situation. A lot of people were criticizing me for not sharing this more and stuff like that 00:02:15.060 --> 00:02:20.070 I just don't want the money to end up in the wrong persons hands since that technically has happened twice already 00:02:20.470 --> 00:02:26.220 It is a lot of money we're talking about here. It's already five thousand dollars being donated, and you should definitely help 00:02:26.220 --> 00:02:27.060 I want people to help 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:31.170 But I also want to be cautious and make sure that at least this amount of money gets to Johnny D 00:02:31.180 --> 00:02:35.400 Make sure it does get covered by his bills before applying more 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:40.919 And then risking the chance and me giving this a shout out and that it will get lost again 00:02:40.920 --> 00:02:43.770 That would just be the worst thing that could happen and I want to try to be 00:02:44.050 --> 00:02:49.079 Somewhat responsible and hope for that not to happen and I want Johnny D to recover as best as possible 00:02:49.810 --> 00:02:52.589 that's that's that's what I want more than anything 00:02:52.690 --> 00:02:56.520 But just want to be a bit cautious before sending more people into help. Nevertheless 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:02.070 I hope Johnny recovers as soon as possible so we can have him back making his amazing karaoke videos 00:03:02.070 --> 00:03:07.469 That's all we want. Johnny D, If you're watching keep hanging in there. The bros got your back boy. 00:03:09.460 --> 00:03:11.460 I am Don Lemon and 00:03:12.070 --> 00:03:15.119 I'm not supposed to get my own personal feedback 00:03:15.760 --> 00:03:17.560 criticism on the news 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:19.000 cha- pewnews 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:25.830 But this story just makes me angry. How can the media keep attacking PewDiePie? 00:03:25.860 --> 00:03:32.040 He hasn't even done anything. What is up PewDiePie? The troubling content of YouTube's biggest star 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:38.490 Childish, offensive and immensely popular. The YouTube star whose real name is Felix Kjellberg 00:03:39.130 --> 00:03:43.170 Continues to command a huge audience. But what is he really saying nah? 00:03:43.750 --> 00:03:50.790 That's not the, that's not the tagline I remember reading. Here's what the original headline said, childish 00:03:51.970 --> 00:03:58.859 bigoted and immensely popular. The YouTube star- whAt? You changed it. You changed the tag 00:04:00.490 --> 00:04:02.639 It's like, can we call him a bigot? 00:04:03.850 --> 00:04:10.049 Let's just not do that. Maybe we shouldn't call him bigoted because then that it seems like we're just a bunch of kids throwing words 00:04:10.050 --> 00:04:16.950 And names around. This article to summarize it sort of insinuates that me creating a book club is somehow a bad 00:04:17.909 --> 00:04:23.419 That people should pay more attention to what I'm doing online because who knows what he's gonna do next next month 00:04:23.419 --> 00:04:25.728 He might tell them to read Mein Kampf 00:04:26.280 --> 00:04:32.030 A lot of people on Twitter were really mad about this article, and I appreciate people standing up for me, but personally 00:04:32.030 --> 00:04:37.639 I'm not mad. I'm also not ignoring the fact that they they did say some nice things in the article for example here 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:40.279 They say that Felix is funny 00:04:40.300 --> 00:04:42.060 intelligent and 00:04:42.060 --> 00:04:49.519 innovative and highly charismatic which of course all of this I am. he is. but also being called a narcissist, a bigot and 00:04:50.669 --> 00:04:57.649 Potential alt-right. I I'm not mad okay. I know it might be confusing for some people. I never technically 00:04:59.310 --> 00:05:01.310 labeled myself towards any political 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:04.878 What's it called? the group or opinion 00:05:05.430 --> 00:05:12.590 I just personally don't see myself aligning perfectly with anyone or anything and really at the end of it I don't care 00:05:12.590 --> 00:05:17.209 I genuinely just don't care. I talk a lot about social politics on this channel 00:05:17.210 --> 00:05:19.639 I criticize it and I make fun of it a lot because 00:05:20.250 --> 00:05:21.949 My channel was attacked by it 00:05:21.949 --> 00:05:25.369 I don't see this article as an attack on me despite a lot of people 00:05:25.830 --> 00:05:29.990 Thinking that it is and getting a lot of people angry. I see it as a display of fear 00:05:29.990 --> 00:05:34.460 I wasn't necessarily upset about it and also I'm kind of used to this sort of treatment by now 00:05:34.669 --> 00:05:39.619 I think they know that I have influence, they know it might not be over their generation 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:46.549 But it is influence that is stronger than theirs at least of the next, and I think there's a there's a definite fear there 00:05:46.550 --> 00:05:50.509 But they're losing control. I feel like there's a bigger picture to discuss here where 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:56.479 The media has created a landscape of social politics where they've gone around throwing labels at everything 00:05:57.150 --> 00:05:59.039 racist, bigot 00:05:59.039 --> 00:06:04.968 sexist, alt-right like it's nothing because it's quick, it's effective and it's powerful and it's a great way to control people 00:06:05.129 --> 00:06:08.059 He may not have called me alt-right in the article 00:06:08.060 --> 00:06:12.379 But so desperately wanting to call me alt-right. To call him an alt-right 00:06:12.629 --> 00:06:16.278 agitator would perhaps be unfair as he has never publicly 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:21.560 Identified with a proto fascist movement, but he shares much of their culture and amplifies 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:24.889 It across the world. Just because other people don't share the exact same 00:06:25.050 --> 00:06:29.479 opinions as the media does not mean that everyone else is an alt-right. This landscape of 00:06:30.300 --> 00:06:35.669 Constantly throwing around labels and twisting the meaning of them and changing to fit into this 00:06:35.979 --> 00:06:39.089 Obscure shape, it's just nonsensical. It's laughable 00:06:39.280 --> 00:06:45.030 Which is why I enjoy criticizing it on this channel, and which is why I enjoy humoring it because it's just so bizarre 00:06:45.030 --> 00:06:49.109 Oh, what was said was a joke? Doesn't matter, we can call him this 00:06:49.110 --> 00:06:52.319 Oh, what was said was taken out of context? Doesn't matter 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:57.059 We can call him this. Does that mean I completely agree with political groups that are popular online 00:06:57.430 --> 00:07:02.639 For not agreeing with this idea? No. Come on media. I don't want to keep fighting with you 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:07.739 Why what do I gotta do? If you actually watch my videos I think you'd find that it's not that bad alright 00:07:07.840 --> 00:07:13.540 We're just reading books here alright. And reading books is a good thing. Huh don't be so bigoted. 00:07:14.860 --> 00:07:20.880 Brad is now going to say the weather. Brad, tell us about the weather. Smug. 00:07:23.140 --> 00:07:23.640 I say the weather sounds pretty smug right now 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:33.509 I forgot the most important news. ASS is coming out on all consoles.That's right. Nintendo Gameboy, 00:07:34.210 --> 00:07:37.300 Nintendo Advanced and the Xbox Switch 00:07:37.300 --> 00:07:40.259 Check it out guys. ASS full version 00:07:40.259 --> 00:07:46.499 You definitely don't want to miss this. For more info link in the description Have I told you by my chair 00:07:47.949 --> 00:07:51.269 Let's just get this last story 00:07:52.060 --> 00:07:53.800 out of the way I 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:59.009 I almost don't want to talk about it, but at the same time, then it might seem like I don't care or that 00:07:59.080 --> 00:08:05.039 I don't think it's important. As you probably heard there was a shooter at the YouTube headquarter in San Bruno 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:08.579 A shooter entered with a handgun and shot three people and 00:08:09.099 --> 00:08:15.629 Then itself and thank God no one got killed except the shooter of course at least that's what I know. 00:08:15.630 --> 00:08:21.389 I'm not sure what is the situation of the victims so far or the ones that got hurt 00:08:21.389 --> 00:08:25.049 I don't want this to be another video where someone talks about the situation 00:08:25.050 --> 00:08:27.630 But nothing really gets said. I've seen so many of those 00:08:27.690 --> 00:08:31.409 I know people mean well, and I know it's hard to discuss these situations 00:08:31.409 --> 00:08:36.599 But I think it would be ignorant of me to ignore the fact that I think it would be ignorant or or cowardice 00:08:36.669 --> 00:08:38.669 For me to ignore the fact that 00:08:38.700 --> 00:08:40.920 the the shooter did acknowledge that 00:08:42.130 --> 00:08:46.140 The shooter did speak about demonetization and that frustration 00:08:46.140 --> 00:08:51.689 And it hasn't been confirmed if that was the reason behind the shooting, but it's it's out there 00:08:51.690 --> 00:08:54.660 I saw on the website of the shooter there was 00:08:55.180 --> 00:08:58.000 promoting some videos of demonetization rants 00:08:58.180 --> 00:09:00.180 and saying that 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:04.469 Their videos were being censored or 00:09:05.170 --> 00:09:07.859 Less views or something like that and thank God 00:09:08.710 --> 00:09:11.129 None of my videos were there Jesus Christ 00:09:12.160 --> 00:09:14.939 YouTube's had a rough year, man. I 00:09:15.490 --> 00:09:20.190 For anyone that was involved in this horrible incident, I'm just so sorry 00:09:20.740 --> 00:09:22.740 You had to go through something like this 00:09:22.890 --> 00:09:27.929 I can only imag- I can't imagine what that's like and to everyone that works at YouTube 00:09:27.930 --> 00:09:31.650 I I really sympathize for having to go to work and 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:38.280 With at least some bit of fear now. This is awful. The situation just to put it plain and simply 00:09:38.280 --> 00:09:43.979 It's just bad for everyone, and I don't want it to seem like I'm pointing fingers. I don't think this whole 00:09:44.500 --> 00:09:48.690 This situation is anyone's direct fault and whether it's YouTube or the community 00:09:48.850 --> 00:09:52.799 But I think it's important to at least acknowledge the fact that there is a huge 00:09:53.410 --> 00:10:00.809 Division between the creators and and the website and I think there's been a very frustrating year 00:10:01.420 --> 00:10:06.689 For everyone involved where all the changes that came with the adpocalypse led to so much 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:10.799 Confusion and anger and I would never have guessed 00:10:10.800 --> 00:10:16.560 it would have led to something so horrible and despicable like this, but a lot of time with the 00:10:17.170 --> 00:10:21.719 These situations what I do is I just go on Twitter, when things go wrong with YouTube 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:25.079 I just go on Twitter because it's a good way to relieve stress 00:10:26.170 --> 00:10:28.679 or I'll make some sort of YouTube rant and 00:10:28.900 --> 00:10:35.069 Discuss it in a humorous way to sort of rant about it cause it it relieves that stress 00:10:35.070 --> 00:10:40.260 and I I've talked about this before but I know from the outside it might be hard to understand because 00:10:41.260 --> 00:10:47.160 YouTube comes with so many amazing perks it's really like made my life so much better than I could ever imagine 00:10:48.560 --> 00:10:52.940 It's given me my dream job and all these things possible, but it is so mentally 00:10:52.940 --> 00:11:00.080 toiling sometimes I sort of forced myself over the years to distance myself from YouTube because it's it's just too stressful 00:11:01.580 --> 00:11:03.060 otherwise and 00:11:03.060 --> 00:11:09.590 I've talked to a lot of different creators over the years, and I think most of them admits to at least some point 00:11:11.220 --> 00:11:14.540 to have gone through a really tough mental period, it's not always 00:11:15.270 --> 00:11:16.770 As simple as it may seem 00:11:16.770 --> 00:11:21.949 And I I really think most people on YouTube has gone through that at some point 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:25.069 whether they care to admit it or not and 00:11:25.830 --> 00:11:31.729 I can only imagine that if you have that stress and anger built up over a long time 00:11:31.730 --> 00:11:35.840 And you're a fucking crazy person then that's what creates these sort of 00:11:36.690 --> 00:11:38.690 insane scenarios and 00:11:41.430 --> 00:11:47.750 Obviously, I don't know if that's necessarily what happened, but I'm just speculating here, but if that is the case 00:11:47.750 --> 00:11:49.750 I think it's really important that 00:11:50.550 --> 00:11:53.180 More than ever that we really connect 00:11:53.880 --> 00:11:59.359 YouTube and the creators more than we have. I think YouTube is definitely working on that and 00:12:00.780 --> 00:12:05.599 Should just keep doing that and but I also think we as creators can do a better job at communicating 00:12:05.730 --> 00:12:07.730 with YouTube as well and not always just 00:12:08.220 --> 00:12:10.220 rant and talk about it in a 00:12:10.740 --> 00:12:13.609 Stupid way like I've been doing for example a lot of times 00:12:13.800 --> 00:12:19.200 I have been trying to engage more with YouTube in a more serious way to actually fix a lot of the issues 00:12:20.060 --> 00:12:23.100 Because we have we it's it's a it's a crisis situation 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:29.690 And and I think this shows that. I don't want to see them all like kumbaya, we should all just get together and hold hands 00:12:29.690 --> 00:12:35.570 Kind of moments. But I do think at times like this, It's just more important than ever just to come together. That's it 00:12:35.570 --> 00:12:37.560 That's all I have to say about it 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:42.300 It just sucks. I don't know what else to say. 00:12:42.420 --> 00:12:47.260 Thanks for watching PEW news. I am Don Lemon. It's been my pleasure 00:12:47.780 --> 00:12:49.780 Hopefully next week won't be so 00:12:52.610 --> 00:12:53.770 Horrible 00:12:53.770 --> 00:12:56.710 This video will definitely have garbage ads on it 00:12:56.710 --> 00:13:02.199 So I do appreciate if you want to support the show by buying a PEW news mug, link is in the description 00:13:02.330 --> 00:13:07.539 Have a great one, and I'll see you next time. I am Don Lemon, everybody 00:13:20.419 --> 00:13:23.139 I'm not editing anything in here. Just leave.