On election night, Hasan Piker, 29, was dressed in a navy blue “Bernie 2020” sweatshirt and a “Democracy Now!” baseball hat when he plopped down in a chair to address his digital audience. “I told you guys like a hundred times that places in the Rust Belt have a lot of mail-in ballots they’re not counting immediately,” he said. “What you’re seeing right now is incomplete data!” The words that followed were peppered with expletives. Since then, Mr. Piker, a progressive political commentator known for his frenetic onscreen presence, has been the most-watched streamer on Twitch. Many say they find his candid, slightly chaotic style more relatable than that of buttoned-up cable news anchors.

Source: New York Times November 10, 2020 17:26 UTC