First of all, the elephant in the room. Recently there has been sexual assault allegations against a once huge YouTuber by the name of Toby Turner. This has blown up in the past week with some huge YouTubers defending him and others fighting against him. No matter what side you are on, you can't deny just how big this has become considering the sheer size of his past and even present career. Before this even happened some major channels such as PewDiePie and Markiplier have come out against these 'drama channels' for just swirling the bucket of blame and hate towards each other. These two make their own points on the matter but there is no doubt that they agree on one thing: drama is ruining the YouTube community. But is it really? Have we become so desensitized to online drama that we now accept it as part of what being a 'YouTuber' is? I don't think so. One aspect of this argument that these two don't seem to care about is the line between 'drama' and 'news'. Though this line is of different shades for different people, you can't deny that some of this drama that may or may not stir up controversy has to be talked about. This is where I must go back to the sexual assault allegations against Toby Turner. In the YouTube space, some might consider Tobuscus to be 'famous'. This being the case, ask yourself how you would feel if you replace 'Toby Turner' with 'Joseph Gordon-Levitt'. Then how would one approach this? One would present it as relevant news, just like it is with Toby Turner.I am not against Mark or Felix in this discussion for I think that this type of stuff is interesting and needs to be brought up. I also highly respect these two and are subscribed to both of them, but I do believe that there is a line that needs to be brought up more often. . At the same time, they posted their videos about internet drama well before the Toby Turner case came up but we still need to be informed about what's going on. There are some really well done internet drama channels that present the facts first before forming opinion, like the aforementioned Drama Alert and ReviewTechUSA. Are there channels and websites that rush to conclusions just to stir the pot? Yes, of course but I don't believe the outcome is as harmful as some might perceive it to be.
In conclusion, are there awful channels and sites that will just report drama and slap the news sticker on it? Yes and shame on them for doing so but the general public of the internet needs to be informed about the things that they ought to be informed about.
Channels Mentioned
PewDiePie ---> https://www.youtube.com/user/PewDiePie
Markiplier ---> https://www.youtube.com/user/markiplierGAME
ReviewTechUSA ---> https://www.youtube.com/user/ReviewTechUSA
Drama Alert ---> https://www.youtube.com/user/NewDramaAlert
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