Ben Shapiro is an idiot
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Truthmatters
Modern liberalism
Shapiro, whose views have been described by The New York Times as "extremely conservative," accuses contemporary liberals of creating an imaginary "hierarchy of victimhood" and glorifying perceived victims, leading to identity politics; The Times describes this as his central talking point.[17] He believes, as he has argued in one of his books, that the left has used its dominance of cinema and TV to push its agenda.[17] He also believes that the election of Donald Trump was more a vote against liberals, and Hillary Clinton in particular, than in favor of Trump's brand of conservatism.[17]
Shapiro, whose views have been described by The New York Times as "extremely conservative," accuses contemporary liberals of creating an imaginary "hierarchy of victimhood" and glorifying perceived victims, leading to identity politics; The Times describes this as his central talking point.[17] He believes, as he has argued in one of his books, that the left has used its dominance of cinema and TV to push its agenda.[17] He also believes that the election of Donald Trump was more a vote against liberals, and Hillary Clinton in particular, than in favor of Trump's brand of conservatism.[17]
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Truthmatters
Universal healthcare
Ben Shapiro strongly opposes Single-Payer/Universal Healthcare because he thinks it would disrupt the free market for healthcare and would lead to worse healthcare outcomes and shortages when it comes to providing healthcare. [37]
Other views
Shapiro believes that African-Americans were historically victims of injustice in the United States, but that they are not victims of widespread systemic injustice today.[17] As of November 2017, he supported lowering taxes on the very wealthy.[17] He is in favor of privatizing social security, criminalizing abortion, and repealing the Affordable Care Act.[17] On the February 9, 2018 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, he advocated for the U.S. government not to cut the Military Budget, but instead to make cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.[38]
Ben Shapiro strongly opposes Single-Payer/Universal Healthcare because he thinks it would disrupt the free market for healthcare and would lead to worse healthcare outcomes and shortages when it comes to providing healthcare. [37]
Other views
Shapiro believes that African-Americans were historically victims of injustice in the United States, but that they are not victims of widespread systemic injustice today.[17] As of November 2017, he supported lowering taxes on the very wealthy.[17] He is in favor of privatizing social security, criminalizing abortion, and repealing the Affordable Care Act.[17] On the February 9, 2018 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, he advocated for the U.S. government not to cut the Military Budget, but instead to make cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.[38]
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As a journalist
On October 7, 2013, Shapiro co-founded the TruthRevolt U.S. news and activism website in association with the David Horowitz Freedom Center. As of March 7, 2018, TruthRevolt "closed up shop".[12] In 2012, Shapiro became editor-at-large of Breitbart News, a news and opinion website founded by Andrew Breitbart.[13] In March 2016, Shapiro resigned from his position as editor-at-large of Breitbart News following what he characterized as the website's lack of support for reporter Michelle Fields in response to her alleged assault by Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's former campaign manager.[14][15]
Shapiro founded The Daily Wire in September 21, 2015. He is editor-in-chief as well as a host of his online political podcast The Ben Shapiro Show, broadcast every weekday.[16] As of November 2017, the podcast was downloaded 10 million times each month.[17] Westwood One began syndicating The Ben Shapiro Show to radio in 2018.[18]
On February 7, 2013, Shapiro published an article citing unspecified Senate sources who said that a group named "Friends of Hamas" was among foreign contributors to the political campaign of Chuck Hagel, a former U.S. Senator awaiting confirmation as Secretary of Defense as a nominee of President Barack Obama. In the article, Shapiro criticized the Obama administration for ignoring his questions about Hagel's foreign associations and called for full disclosure of Hagel's foreign ties.[19]
On February 20, Slate reporter David Weigel reported that he could not find any convincing evidence "Friends of Hamas" actually existed, based on personal interviews with Senate staffers, the conservative Center for Security Policy, and the U.S. Treasury Department Terror Sponsors list.[20] Shapiro told Weigel that the story he published was "the entirety of the information [he] had."[21]
Subsequently, New York Daily News reporter Dan Friedman reported on February 20 that he may have been the unwitting source of the "Friends of Hamas" allegation. Friedman said that the story arose in the course of questioning Republican aides over Hagel's connections to foreign terrorist groups, presuming that one of the aides had interpreted his asking about such political connections as evidence of their existence.[22] Shapiro responded by reporting that his source had averred that Friedman was not a source.[23][24]
On October 7, 2013, Shapiro co-founded the TruthRevolt U.S. news and activism website in association with the David Horowitz Freedom Center. As of March 7, 2018, TruthRevolt "closed up shop".[12] In 2012, Shapiro became editor-at-large of Breitbart News, a news and opinion website founded by Andrew Breitbart.[13] In March 2016, Shapiro resigned from his position as editor-at-large of Breitbart News following what he characterized as the website's lack of support for reporter Michelle Fields in response to her alleged assault by Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's former campaign manager.[14][15]
Shapiro founded The Daily Wire in September 21, 2015. He is editor-in-chief as well as a host of his online political podcast The Ben Shapiro Show, broadcast every weekday.[16] As of November 2017, the podcast was downloaded 10 million times each month.[17] Westwood One began syndicating The Ben Shapiro Show to radio in 2018.[18]
On February 7, 2013, Shapiro published an article citing unspecified Senate sources who said that a group named "Friends of Hamas" was among foreign contributors to the political campaign of Chuck Hagel, a former U.S. Senator awaiting confirmation as Secretary of Defense as a nominee of President Barack Obama. In the article, Shapiro criticized the Obama administration for ignoring his questions about Hagel's foreign associations and called for full disclosure of Hagel's foreign ties.[19]
On February 20, Slate reporter David Weigel reported that he could not find any convincing evidence "Friends of Hamas" actually existed, based on personal interviews with Senate staffers, the conservative Center for Security Policy, and the U.S. Treasury Department Terror Sponsors list.[20] Shapiro told Weigel that the story he published was "the entirety of the information [he] had."[21]
Subsequently, New York Daily News reporter Dan Friedman reported on February 20 that he may have been the unwitting source of the "Friends of Hamas" allegation. Friedman said that the story arose in the course of questioning Republican aides over Hagel's connections to foreign terrorist groups, presuming that one of the aides had interpreted his asking about such political connections as evidence of their existence.[22] Shapiro responded by reporting that his source had averred that Friedman was not a source.[23][24]