A number of comedians are going after someone who refers to himself as “The Fat Jewish” on social media. Josh Ostrovsky has a large following on Instagram, with 5.7 million followers. He doesn’t sell himself as a comedian but aggregates many jokes that are shared on social media. Comedians, such as Patton Oswalt, accuse him of stealing jokes. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.

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“If for some reason anyone is unfamiliar with The Fat Jew, also known as Josh Ostrovsky, basically, he’s an internet personality and “comedian” with a heavily documented history of stealing jokes and content from other writers and comedians, which he posts on Instagram and Twitter, usually sans credit. When confronted with joke theft, Ostrovsky typically just makes one of these ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and is forgiven by his adoring fans.

As “punishment” for his constant and unabashed theft, Ostrovsky is paid very well by companies to promote their brands, was working on a pilot with Comedy Central (who have since bowed to pressure and put the pilot indefinitely on hold), has a book deal in development, launched his own brand of wine called White Girl Rosé, and, most recently, was signed with the prestigious Hollywood talent company CAA.”