One Direction Fans Are Up in Arms About 'Daily Show' Segment

This week the country learned that hell hath no fury like a One Direction fan scorned. The gang over at "The Daily Show" has the joy of being on the receiving end of the rage, emotion, and outcry of the very protective fan base.What outlandish attack on character or verbal assault could be at the center of this wave of social media backlash? Glad you asked.On Tuesday, the show's mock news correspondent Jessica Williams delivered a report about the new war in Syria, which involves airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group. She mentioned the quickly multiplying terrorist groups in the Middle East, including a terrorist "supergroup" that sent "Directioners" over the edge. Williams joked, "Just as you were talking, a new terrorist group just formed, with one member each from ISIS, al-Nusra, al-Qaida, Hamas, One Direction, and the Zetas drug cartel."

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Many fans assumed that the joke was directly referring to one of the group's members, Zayn Malik, who is Muslim.Known for past social media campaigns in defense of their beloved band, fans immediately went to the Twittersphere to launch a campaign against the "news" show. With calls for cancellation and demands for an apology, they are clearly taking this joke seriously.
Some of the top trending hastags? #ZaynDefenseSquad, #ZaynSaveNotKills, #TheDailyShowGoneTooFar, and #ZaynIsTheMostAmazingHumanBeing.And it doesn't stop there. Fans are depicting what a good person Malik is, with pictures of the singer performing good deeds. We anxiously await the reaction of "The Daily Show" to the upheaval it has caused.