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Both Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson have shared their responses to a New York Times reporter working on a story about YouTube and conservative hosts to social media.
The conservative hosts each shared a message received from New York Times reporter Nico Grant, who covers YouTube and Google for the outlet, to social media.
In the message purporting to be from Grant, the reporter seeks comment on a story the outlet is preparing centered on YouTube demonetization of election-related videos. He says the outlet is utilizing data from Media Matters that identified 286 videos that shared misinformation about the election.
“What, precisely, is NYT doing? It’s perfectly obvious: using research from Media Matters, a radical Left-wing organization whose sole purpose is destroying conservative media (see below), in order to pressure YouTube to demonetize and penalize any and all conservatives ONE WEEK FROM THE ELECTION,” Shapiro argued. “That’s the entire game here. Run an article in America’s ‘most trusted newspaper’ that declares pretty much every major conservative a purveyor of ‘misinformation’ on YouTube, thus strong-arming YouTube into taking action against conservatives.”
Shapiro concluded by writing “So, The New York Times wants comment? Here’s my comment: kindly, go (expletive) yourself.”
Tucker Carlson shared a similar sentiment to that of Ben Shapiro.
“So the New York Times is working with a left-wing hate group to silence critics of the Democratic Party? Please ask yourself why you’re participating in it,” Carlson responded. “This is why you got into journalism? It’s shameful. I hope you’re filled with guilt and self-loathing for sending me a text like this. Please quote me.”
When Grant responded by asking if Carlson wanted to comment on any of the questions asked, the former Fox News host — like Ben Shapiro — responded with profanity.
“Would I like to participate in your attempt to censor me? No thanks,” Carlson retorted. “But I do hope you’ll quote what I wrote above and also note that I told you to (expletive) off, which I am now doing. Thanks.”
