Ms. Rachel, a highly popular internet personality, educator, and children ’s rights advocate, announced on social media late Saturday night that she is unsubscribing from The New York Times due to its “biased and dehumanizing coverage of Palestinians and Palestine.”

Newsweek has reached out to the Times ’ press team and a representative for Ms. Rachel for comment via email on Sunday.

Why It Matters

Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Accurso, started her YouTube channel in 2019 with her husband, Broadway music director Aron Accurso. Her content features catchy educational songs that are widely popular with children. She boasts over 17.6 million subscribers on YouTube, 4.3 million followers on Instagram, has nine books, a toy line, and a Netflix series.

She is a vocal child

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