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>They justified this by citing his use of a racial slur in a YouTube video

They're not consistent with this though, Jim Sterling is in their top 50 earners and said the same racial slur in a podcast

https://archive.org/details/Podtoid/Podtoid189.mp3 @ 4:30

Not defending Benjamin, because he's said some disgusting things but they obviously only have a problem with it when it suits them.



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