‘Radicalized’ YouTuber Article Shows A New York Times Threatened By Conservative Competition

A number of prominent YouTubers, including Dave Rubin and Philip DeFranco, criticized The New York Times’ inclusion of their images on the front page of its Saturday edition next to the headline, “The Making of a YouTube Radical.” The image and headline combination, they said, is biased and leads readers to believe they radicalize people.

“Caleb Cain was a college dropout looking for direction. He turned to YouTube,” The New York Times article begins online. (The print and online versions differ slightly.) An accompanying collage features images of mostly conservative...