The demonetization of Russell Brand by YouTube continues to be a hot-button topic in conservative media circles. 77 WABC host Frank Morano believes the situation shows a shift in how we view certain topics.
During The Other Side of Midnight Wednesday, Morano argued that topics are no longer decided in the court of public opinion. Instead, they’re decided on social media.
“When you could just say anything and have it printed in the newspaper, or put out there on TV, that’s trial by media,” Morano said. “But unfortunately, particularly with respect to sexual assault allegations since the Me Too movement began, we don’t even have trial by media anymore. We have trial by social media.”
Morano then claimed the precedent set by YouTube in its decision to demonetize Brand can’t be ignored.
“We are now in a place and a time where your livelihood could be threatened, where the corporate overseers of the internet which used to be a place where you could go to be an independent media creator, which used to be a place where you could go to get alternative views out there that weren’t being covered in the corporate media,” Frank Morano continued.
“We are now living in a place and in a time where even if you are convicted of nothing, they can demonetize you and deplatform you.”
