MSM attacks Lawtube Creators, by Taylor Lorenz. Johnny Depp Vs Amber Heard Trial Headlines in WaPo

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Link to Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/02/johnny-depp-trial-creators-influencers/

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-The Washington Post published an article called "Who Won the Depp vs. Herd Trial? Content Creators That Went All In" written by Taylor Lorenz. The article is a critque of how content creators covered the recent trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.

Lorenz opens the article with a general overview of how content creators have been increasingly covering breaking news events, and how the Depp vs. Herd trial was no exception. She then goes on to analyze how content creators

The article tries to establish that content creators cannot be trusted with the news and tries to discredit them. It does this by saying that they are only in it for the money and the clout. However, the article itself is full of mistakes and is very biased.

The result has been a trial coverage landscape that often feels very different from what you’d find on CNN or in The Washington Post. Popular pro-Depp YouTube channels have names such as “Johnny Depp is Innocent,” “Johnny Depp is being Bullied,” “Johnny Depp is a Saint” and “Johnny Depp is being Destroyed.” On Instagram, popular meme pages joke about Heard’s “fishy” face and mock her for being “crazy.” And on TikTok, where JusticeforJohnnyDepp has been viewed more than 238 million times, popular videos show Heard’s face superimposed on the body of a character from “The Little Mermaid,” set to a song that calls her a “sociopath” and a “manipulative liar.”

The one-sidedness of the trial coverage is likely a result of the platforms’ algorithms, which tend to surface content that is either highly emotional or that a user has engaged with in the past, rather than content that is factually accurate or objective. The platforms are also designed to keep users engaged for as long as possible, which can incentivize creators to produce content that is designed to be controversial or to provoke an emotional reaction.

SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE:
The result has been a trial coverage landscape that often feels very different from what you’d find on CNN or in The Washington Post. Popular pro-Depp YouTube channels have names such as “Johnny Depp is Innocent,” “Johnny Depp is being Bullied,” “Johnny Depp is a Saint” and “Johnny Depp is being Destroyed.” On Instagram, popular meme pages joke about Heard’s “fishy” face and mock her for being “crazy.” And on TikTok, where #JusticeforJohnnyDepp has been viewed more than 238 million times, popular videos show Heard’s face superimposed on the body of a character from “The Little Mermaid,” set to a song that calls her a “sociopath” and a “manipulative liar.”

The one-sidedness of the trial coverage is likely a result of the platforms’ algorithms, which tend to surface content that is either highly emotional or that a user has engaged with in the past, rather than content that is factually accurate or objective. The platforms are also designed to keep users engaged for as long as possible, which can incentivize creators to produce content that is designed to be controversial or to provoke an emotional reaction.

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