Steven Crowder vs. Vox: Another clash between big and small businesses over YouTube and free speech


Steven Crowder, a conservative commentator and comedian, got his YouTube channel demonetized following a back-and-forth exchange against Vox. 

For those who don’t know, this all started because Crowder created a “Vox Rebuttal” video on YouTube. In the video, Crowder debunks claims made by Vox’s Carlos Maza that all media (journalists and reporters) are controlled by conservatives. 

Let that sink in. Vox, a far-left media outlet, claims every major news outlet is controlled by Republicans. 

Is that why CNN, MSNBC, and the mainstream media continually bash President Trump and conservatives? Why every election cycle liberal commentators call conservatives “racists”? Why we endured three years of a fake collusion investigation against Trump? 

It’s clear Vox has no evidence (facts) to back up their claims. Maza would get a flunking grade in journalism class if he didn’t use facts in his stories. Crowder’s arguments against Maza are based on facts and aimed at Vox’s complicity in releasing misinformation to viewers.   

Maza’s response to Crowder’s criticism was to play the victim. He claimed Crowder “harassed” him because Crowder is a conservative. He couldn’t handle a conservative comedian calling him out and taking apart his arguments.

Vox retaliated by forcing YouTube to demonetize Crowder’s YouTube channel, “StevenCrowder.”

Let that sink in. Vox, a liberal news outlet, is threatened by a small business on YouTube (i.e., Steven Crowder). 

Maza’s actions, along with Vox’s, are an attack against independent creators on YouTube, especially conservatives. Everyone from you, me and Crowder faces the threat of not just getting demonetized, but also having our entire channel shut down. 

Most of us don’t receive money from YouTube when it comes to our videos. Yet we see the negative effects of YouTube’s policies when they block our videos with a “copyright claim.” We don’t make money off those videos, yet YouTube censors us. 

Regardless whether you’re liberal or conservative, we all face the threat of having our YouTube channels banned because a big business used threats and intimidation to make YouTube attack Steven Crowder. 

Vox is a billion dollar corporation. Yet they are targeting Crowder, a guy who runs a conservative political comedy channel on YouTube. What they are doing is actively trying to get YouTube to ban all content creators, not just conservatives. 

This issue is just the latest attack against comedy. For those pushing political correctness, comedy is dead. Comedians can’t be funny without making fun of other people or themselves.

Remember when actor and comedian Kevin Hart was banned from hosting the 2019 Oscars due to past comments he made against the gay community?  

Crowder is a comedian. His videos are focused on the facts and entertaining viewers. He’s allowed to make jokes for a comedy show while tearing down Vox’s liberal arguments. Political commentators do that all the time on news outlets. It’s their job. 

Vox doesn’t care about that. They want to use their power to prevent ordinary people from creating videos, posting videos on YouTube and potentially being paid by YouTube for the videos they create. People who don’t have Vox’s viewpoint on issues.

Compared to Vox, Steven Crowder has only a fraction of their budget and yet he makes better quality videos that are actually funny and actually have facts to back up his claims. 

Yet Vox tried to ban Steven Crowder’s YouTube channel and prevent him from using the video streaming platform because he pointed out the flaws in their arguments. 

Let that sink in: a billion dollar corporation sees a smaller business as a threat to them. 

Imagine how Vox feels about ordinary Americans, especially conservative Americans. 

In the age of digital and social media, anyone can be a reporter. We can get our information from a wide variety of sources and outlets compared to thirty years ago. 

With YouTube and other social and video streaming websites, anyone can create and post videos. 

And in some cases like Steven Crowder, you don’t need a lot of money to create great content and good quality videos. 

It’s only a letter of time before companies like Vox target ordinary YouTube users who have independent channels on YouTube. At that point, it won’t matter what kind of videos these YouTube content creators make. 





For more information about the ongoing battle between Crowder and Vox, watch the following videos:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh54zRFwjO0 - “VOX REBUTTAL: Conservatives Control the Media?! | Louder with Crowder” - StevenCrowder

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oQbpbsY7qVQ - “VOX is Trying to Ban This Channel... | Louder with Crowder” - StevenCrowder

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bbx81XfN67Y - “Tim Pool Uncut: Social Media's Liberal Bias | Louder with Crowder” - StevenCrowder

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NEgvT1DsHnE - “The #VoxAdpocalypse is coming for YOU! | Louder with Crowder” - StevenCrowder 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9HJyn61Xd2g - “The Outrage Mob - And Then They Came For YouTube” - Geeks + Gamers

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ3z0TiDieI - “YouTube Can't Survive Forever Like This - We Need Clear and Definitive Rules” - Geeks + Gamers

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