The New York Times has described its development of a partisan lean during the tenure of Jeff Zucker. We should also hold to our own convictions of what is appropriate and what deserves our attention.See also: Media bias in the United StatesĬNN has often been the subject of allegations of party bias. Social media sites hold written-down standards for what is allowed on their site. Twitter allows reporting individual tweets, media or profiles for violations including: “spam, abusive or harmful content, inappropriate ads, self-harm and impersonation.” Facebook reviews reports and removes any content that violates its Community Standards, which includes “language that incites or facilitates serious violence.” YouTube has a similar protocol using its own Community Guidelines. Report it so that it can get taken down.Įach social media site has their own protocols for how they monitor content of their pages. If something is offensive, do not humor the creator with a hateful comment or share for others to add their own criticisms. The best protocol is to not give more attention to a meme than it deserves. It becomes a vicious self-sustaining cycle. They want to elicit a reaction so strong that audiences feel compelled to share it with others.DonĪfter gaining so much attention, the original poster is then encouraged to continue creating vulgar content, knowing it will continue to dominate online dialogue. Amplifying their work, however, is often what Internet trolls want from their audiences. Within Twitter cancel culture, the temptation is to broadcast offensive posts to bring more attention to the atrocity. With so much animosity surrounding politics, it is possible that threatening videos such as those generated by “TheGeekzTeam” fuels the fire of anger. Partisanship has elevated to a level in which 36% of Republicans view the Democratic Party as a threat to the nation’s well-being, and 27% vice versa, according to Pew Research. Party affiliation continues to divide American society. While these 200,000 YouTube views are not necessarily coming from “TheGeekzTeam” supporters, they still garnered attention to the channel’s work and potentially earning revenue for the creator. Among the targets were CNN, PBS, NPR, Politico, The Washington Post, John McCain, Bernie Sanders, Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton.
One of which was even shown at a pro-Trump rally in Miami earlier this month. Videos showing a fake President Donald Trump violently punching, shooting and stabbing news organizations and political opponents generated by “TheGeekzTeam,” an unidentified right-wing internet content creator, receive over 200,000 views. These types of harmful posts should never have even been given enough attention for them to become viral. Memes that threaten public safety should not be supported. There are some things that just aren’t funny.
As much camaraderie as internet humor brings, there is a right way to do it. Two people from opposite sides of the world can bond over a meme, because of the implicit meanings behind it. The online community speaks its own language, filled with symbols and words with secret meanings.
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