My Response to The New Yorker article.
www.youtube.com
I brought receipts.
    • LollerCorleone@kbin.socialOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Sorry, I didn’t change the default title that Kbin gave before posting(By default it just grabs the title of the page and description).

  • moipe@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 year ago

    Heres my Lemmy response to this guys Youtube response to a The New Yorker article: I don’t care for clickbait titles. I don’t have receipts, but I can assure you, clickbait titles aren’t my thing.

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    clickbait bullshit youtube title…

    TLDR via notegpt.io

    📰 Summary:

    • In this video script, Hasan Minhaj addresses accusations of lying and faking racism in his stand-up specials.
    • He clarifies the truth behind his prom rejection story, emphasizing that racism was a factor and providing evidence to support his claims.
    • Minhaj also admits to embellishing his encounters with an FBI informant in his comedy, apologizing for potentially undermining real stories of police harassment.- He defends his artistic choices and intentions in telling these stories, aiming to shed light on important issues affecting his community.
    • The New Yorker article that fact-checked Minhaj’s specials is criticized for misleadingly portraying him as a liar and failing to fact-check its own reporting.

    ✨ Highlights:

    • Minhaj acknowledges feeling paralyzed by the devastating news coming out of the Middle East.
    • He apologizes to anyone who felt betrayed or hurt by his stand-up and expresses remorse for letting people down.
    • The evidence supports Minhaj’s claim that racism played a role in his prom rejection, despite The New Yorker’s misleading portrayal.
    • He emphasizes that maintaining Bethany’s anonymity and avoiding harm to her or her family was always a priority for him.
    • Minhaj explains his artistic intent in storytelling, aiming to shed light on the experiences of Muslims and the reality of FBI surveillance.
    • He shares texts from Hamed Hayat, a person he featured in his special, expressing support and stating that his story was not diminished.
    • Minhaj questions whether he owes any apology to the FBI informant he mentioned in his comedy, given the informant’s actions against Muslims.