Cenk Uygur
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Logan Paul In Trouble For Suicide Video
Posted
January 3, 2018
Views
309,100
Likes
5,467
Comments
2,070
Engagement
2.44%
January 3, 2018
309,100
5,467
2,070
2.44%
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8:33Now PlayingYouTube star Logan Paul is facing a lot of criticism for posting a video of a hanging dead body in a forest in Japan famous for suicides. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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“Popular YouTube star Logan Paul issued a lengthy apology late on Monday after removing a 15-minute video first posted on Sunday that depicted the dead body of a man who apparently hanged himself from a tree in Japan’s Aokigahara forest.
“I’m sorry,” began Paul, who posts a daily 15-minute video to his 15 million-plus subscribers.
The two-time 2017 Teen Choice Award winner insisted that he didn’t include the footage in his Sunday video — which was taken down on Monday — to be provocative or to grow his audience.
“I didn’t do it for the views. I get views,” he wrote. “I did it because I thought I could make a positive ripple on the internet, not cause a monsoon of negativity. That’s never the intention. I intended to raise awareness for suicide and suicide prevention.”
But Paul, the older brother of fellow YouTuber and former Disney Channel “Bizaardvark” star Jake Paul, drew heavy criticism for showing the graphic images of the apparent suicide — especially since it came in the midst of a 15-minute clip about his Japanese travels in which he laughs and jokes about other aspects of local culture.
The video was uploaded Sunday under the title “We found a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest…” and garnered more than 6 million views in less than a day, according to New York magazine. On Monday, it was “removed by the user.”
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