This video might take a funny tone about the issue but this is yet another example of vloggers using their following on YouTube as leverage to discuss important issues. This particular video from Cain is very reminiscent of fellow vlogger Philly D. who used his comical tone to discuss the real issue of pepper-spraying during peaceful demonstrations.
Perhaps comedy is the way to catch the attention of people today. I can't even count the number of times that kids in my intro politics classes have said that The Daily Show or The Colbert Report were their main source of news (often followed by a hesitant giggle). And really, what is wrong with that? A lot of the issues being faced today are hard, oftentimes even depressing so why not take these issues, report on them but give them a funny twist so that people are being informed without feeling like they want to jump off a bridge? I say power to satirical news-tellers, they are modernizing the packaging of news one snarky comment at a time.
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