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Both The New York Times and The Washington Post released stories this week about election misinformation. Ben Shapiro was featured in each and took issue with the stories.
The Times story is entitled “Election Falsehoods Take Off on YouTube as It Looks the Other Way”. The Post released a feature called “In the Podcast Election, Top Shows Cast Doubt on Integrity of 2024 Vote”.
Both looked at election misinformation and disinformation from prominent conservative figures like Shapiro, Tucker Carlson, Rudy Giuliani, Tim Pool, and others.
On social media, Ben Shapiro was not shy in his criticism for each piece, arguing that the goal of both The New York Times and The Washington Post was clear.
“Just hours apart, the two most ‘prestigious’ legacy media newspapers in the country have released pieces attempting to quash dissemination of conservative media,” Shapiro said. “Both pieces are trash.
“According to The Times, YouTube ought to take down shows like mine. Otherwise, they’re apparently profiteering off the grave evil of conservative viewpoints being disseminated,” said Shapiro. “To the credit of YouTube, they’ve said ‘none of the 286 videos violated its community guidelines.'”
Shapiro added that the story from the Times was “a pathetic hit piece,” but the story from The Post was “even worse,” he argued.
Both Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson shared strong responses to offers for comment from the New York news outlet on social media, with each using profanity to respond.
