Comedy Central's Samantha Bee is getting roasted on Twitter after she used her show to attack the digital media platform PragerU and claim that it's “dangerous” “conservative propaganda.”
Bee made the claims in a Twitter thread promoting a segment from her Full Frontal with Samantha Bee show titled “Prager U Wants You! (To Become a Conservative)” where she wrote:
“Prager U is actually dangerous. They're reaching a new, younger audience with bullsh*t conservative propaganda. They trick kids into thinking their videos are educational even though Prager U is as much of a real college as Monsters University.”
Prager U is actually dangerous. They're reaching a new, younger audience with bullshit conservative propaganda. They trick kids into thinking their videos are educational even though Prager U is as much of a real college as Monsters University.
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) February 13, 2020
The tweet was blasted by thousands of Twitter users who pushed back against Bee and showed support for PragerU.
PragerU responded shortly after with a Joey and Chandler laughing GIF before encouraging people to join PragerU for free.
— PragerU (@prageru) February 13, 2020
Never miss a new video! Join for free today at https://t.co/itxqwvcWCo
— PragerU (@prageru) February 13, 2020
“Fortunately you aren't tricking anyone into thinking you're doing comedy,” tweeted talk show host Dave Rubin.
Fortunately you aren't tricking anyone into thinking you're doing comedy, @FullFrontalSamB.
Keep up the good work, @prageru. Between this and the nonsense New York Times piece your right over the target… https://t.co/PoxJO2pMZ1
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) February 13, 2020
Political commentator Mark Dice tweeted: “You've tricked moronic cable viewers into thinking you're actually a comedian.”
You've tricked moronic cable viewers into thinking you're actually a comedian.
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) February 13, 2020
Author Christina Sommers, the director of IWF's Center for Progress and Innovation Julie Gunlock, Blaze TV host Lauren Chen, and other Twitter users poked fun at Bee's claim that PragerU is dangerous and shared their favorite “dangerous” videos from PragerU's library.
Calm down, Samantha. Here is my “dangerous” video on the plight of boys in school for @prageru https://t.co/WFBOKJ1hp6
— Christina Sommers ? (@CHSommers) February 13, 2020
And another dangerous video with @TheHRH https://t.co/LS3lzNghC2
— Julie Gunlock (@JGunlock) February 13, 2020
My @prageru video is all about the importance of marriage and dating someone with compatible life goals
So dangerous
So scaryhttps://t.co/nQazbflzTh
— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) February 13, 2020
Twitter users Rand Steward and Victor Rivas also pointed out that Bee's attack on PragerU is likely to encourage more people to watch PragerU's content and donate.
. @prageru will now get more views thanks to Samantha Bee's rant about conservative propaganda. People will see the truth and not left wing lies. https://t.co/aaCdbpI4SE
— Victor Rivas (@ZEO5520) February 13, 2020
Samantha Bee's laughable and vial attack on PragerU made me donate – hope they can continue to promote freedom while combatting deep state/progressive propaganda well into the future. https://t.co/Yk9Wih2qXD
— Rand Stewart (@rand_stewart) February 13, 2020
Despite getting ratioed and being mocked for her claims about PragerU, Bee continued attacking the platform in subsequent tweets.
