Ben Shapiro
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| Bias Rating | Right |
| Type | Author |
| Region | National |
| @benshapiro | |
| Wikipedia | Ben Shapiro |
About Ben Shapiro's Bias Rating
Ben Shapiro is a author source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Right.
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Ben Shapiro's AllSides Bias Rating™ is 'right' and as of July 2017, the majority of AllSides community members agreed with this rating.
Shapiro is a conservative political columnist and commentator, author, talk show host, syndicated columnist, and attorney. He as born in 1984 and went to UCLA at just 16 years old. Shapiro graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Political Science in 2004, and then graduated from Harvard Law School cum laude in 2007.
Shapiro’s articles are printed in major news outlets such as Townhall, ABCNews, Christian Science Monitor, Breitbart and more. He has been written about in articles from the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Christin Science Monitor. He has appeared on hundreds of talk shows on radio and television such as “The O’Reilly Factor,” “In the Money,” “Glenn Beck Show,” and “Fox News Live.” Shapiro started writing his first book Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America’s Youth when he was just 20 years old.
The AllSides Bias Rating™ is informed by not only his writing, but also his actions. For example, on June 29, 2017, Shapiro walked with pro-life advocates at the National Right to Life Convention in Milwaukee, WI. He has also spoken on a number of college campuses, including his Penn State address in April 2016. The speech, "When Diversity Becomes a Problem: The Fascist Nature of Liberalism", spoke mainly of leftist terms that he claims were created to tear apart the foundations of the country, and argued that, with race, those who incorrectly emphasize skin color in regards to diversity are the ones who are truly racist.
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