The New Yorker did difficulty a response to his video that acknowledged:
“Hasan Minhaj confirms on this video that he selectively presents data and ornaments to make some extent: precisely what we reported. Our piece, which incorporates Minhaj’s perspective at size, was rigorously reported and fact-checked. It’s based mostly on interviews with greater than twenty folks, together with former Patriot Act and Day by day Present staffers; members of Minhaj’s safety group; and individuals who have been the topic of his stand-up work, together with the previous F.B.I. informant “Brother Eric” and the girl on the middle of his prom-rejection story. We stand by our story.”