1791

1791 (formerly known as 1971L) was an American political YouTube channel.
==About==
1791 is known for video essays analyzing a wide range of sociopolitical subjects and events. The channel style has been likened to that of Vox Media,https://www.quora.com/What-do-people-think-of-the-YouTube-channel-1791Lhttps://www.reddit.com/r/YangForPresidentHQ/comments/bc228p/1791s_video_on_andrew_big_audience/ with short informational monologue videos, highly focused on graphical effects.
The political inclinations of the channel are disputed, but it is generally agreed to be right leaning. It has been described as conservative by an article published in Breitbart,https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/12/22/patreon-censorship-causes-heavy-losses-for-creators-as-users-flee-site/ while users on Quora and Reddit describes it both as right wing, libertarian, and conservative.https://www.quora.com/What-do-people-think-of-the-YouTube-channel-1791Lhttps://www.reddit.com/r/YangForPresidentHQ/comments/bc228p/1791s_video_on_andrew_big_audience/https://www.reddit.com/r/JordanPeterson/comments/8p911z/how_YouTube_is_killing_1791l/ The channel has criticized Candace Owens and Dave Rubin and has been positive towards Slavoj Žižek https://youtu.be/fyMOcJDVQmc and Andrew Yang.
The channel was created in March 22, 2016, originally being used as a clip aggregator for news and interviews.http://web.archive.org/web/20160915082636/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp4oMaqaY0hIoT9jafj1g8g/videos These videos have since been removed, with the oldest remaining video being from April 20, 2017.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW4I2fPPXFM The most popular of the original videos was a widely circulated news clip of rapper Lil Wayne refusing to support Black Lives Matter.https://youtube.com/watch?v=IhfB_QWy4DA
In 2017, the channel put out a video featuring Canadian professor that received widespread media coverage In 2017, it became the most widely circulated video of Jordan B. Peterson on YouTube.https://www.reddit.com/r/thefighterandthekid/comments/ufw4u6/comment/i6xh76h/ https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-f27707bbb441cf0b3a9892d911feb272 https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-f27707bbb441cf0b3a9892d911feb272<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM7jpTJWPkg https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/jordan-petersonhttps://www.reddit.com/r/thefighterandthekid/comments/ufw4u6/comment/i6xh76h/ The video has since been taken down. 
In June 2018, the group announced YouTube had revoked 1791L's partnership status and monetization.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufrkdA9Cbak A year later it disbanded because of social media burn out and not enough funding for production. 1791.info/
==Trivia ==
They use Adobe After Effects and Premiere to edit the videos and graphics on the channel.https://kit.co/1791/1791l-tools The channel sometimes covers rap and has many videos about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC7ZqkV1_ywhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCLAgxXH6NI On June 4, 2017, 1791 briefly changed its name to American Lampoon, but ultimately reversed the decision.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CglPv19tXNM 
==References ==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:News YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2016