Right-Wing Pundits Ben Shapiro And Steven Crowder Clash Over $50 Million Media Deal

Far-right YouTuber Steven Crowder has accused conservative media outlets like The Daily Wire of conspiring with tech companies to censor conservative views after the company offered Crowder a $50 million deal that would cut his compensation if his social media channels were demonetized or boycotted, which Crowder called a “slave contract.”  

In a video posted online this week, Crowder said that some outlets were “in bed with” tech companies and were colluding to ultimately demonetize and censor right-wing views on social media platforms, though he didn’t name any outlets specifically.

Crowder also showed excerpts of a contract from one company—later confirmed to be The Daily Wire—with the compensation penalizations if his programming faced loss of advertising revenue—including from advertiser boycotts or if Crowder’s channels were demonetized by social media platforms...