At the end of 2019, the mainstream media created and spread a false rumour that PewDiePie was "quitting YouTube" when he announced that he would be "taking a break" in early 2020.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoFSqtrivFs</ref> After returning from his month-long break, the media immediately attacked him for reviewing memes about the Chinese [[coronavirus]].<ref>https://www.ccn.com/pewdiepie-laughs-at-coronavirus-in-racially-edgy-return-video/</ref> | At the end of 2019, the mainstream media created and spread a false rumour that PewDiePie was "quitting YouTube" when he announced that he would be "taking a break" in early 2020.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoFSqtrivFs</ref> After returning from his month-long break, the media immediately attacked him for reviewing memes about the Chinese [[coronavirus]].<ref>https://www.ccn.com/pewdiepie-laughs-at-coronavirus-in-racially-edgy-return-video/</ref> |