{"id":19687,"date":"2025-08-08T13:37:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/1-progressive-vs-20-far-right-conservatives-mehdi-hasan-on-why-he-went-on-surrounded\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:37:21","slug":"1-progressive-vs-20-far-right-conservatives-mehdi-hasan-on-why-he-went-on-surrounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/1-progressive-vs-20-far-right-conservatives-mehdi-hasan-on-why-he-went-on-surrounded\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20181 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives\u2019 \u2013 Mehdi Hasan on why he went on Surrounded"},"content":{"rendered":"

The two-hour debate propelled Jubilee Media into the mainstream and has been viewed 10m times, but some worry about the embrace of rage-fuelled content<\/p>\n

Mehdi Hasan knew he had gone viral. The broadcaster and author saw the views ticking up on YouTube; his phone was pinging incessantly. But the realisation that things had become, well, really quite surreal came when an older gentleman approached him at an event in Washington and, in Urdu, said: \u201cI watched you with the 20 crazies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man was referring to the British-American commentator\u2019s appearance on Surrounded<\/a>, a gladiatorial one-v-many debate web series, hosted on YouTube by Jubilee Media. During the debate \u2013 billed as \u201c1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Hasan was asked about his \u201cethnic background\u201d, by a man who the Guardian unmasked as the organiser of two violent far-right protests<\/a>. Another debater laughed maniacally to applause while agreeing he was a fascist. He was later sacked and condemned \u2013 and then raised $30,000 (\u00a322,300) from supporters on a Christian crowdfunding site. The video has now been viewed more than 10m times.<\/p>\n

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\nThe two-hour debate propelled Jubilee Media into the mainstream and has been viewed 10m times, but some worry about the embrace of rage-fuelled content
\nMehdi Hasan knew he had gone viral. The broadcaster and author saw the views ticking up on YouTube; his phone was pinging incessantly. But the realisation that things had become, well, really quite surreal came when an older gentleman approached him at an event in Washington and, in Urdu, said: \u201cI watched you with the 20 crazies.\u201d
\nThe man was referring to the British-American commentator\u2019s appearance on Surrounded, a gladiatorial one-v-many debate web series, hosted on YouTube by Jubilee Media. During the debate \u2013 billed as \u201c1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives\u201d \u2013 Hasan was asked about his \u201cethnic background\u201d, by a man who the Guardian unmasked as the organiser of two violent far-right protests. Another debater laughed maniacally to applause while agreeing he was a fascist. He was later sacked and condemned \u2013 and then raised $30,000 (\u00a322,300) from supporters on a Christian crowdfunding site. The video has now been viewed more than 10m times. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The two-hour debate propelled Jubilee Media into the mainstream and has been viewed 10m times, but some worry about the embrace of rage-fuelled content Mehdi Hasan knew he had gone viral. The broadcaster and author saw the views ticking up on YouTube; his phone was pinging incessantly. But the realisation that things had become, well, …<\/p>\n

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