The Economist is facing a major backlash after smearing Ben Shapiro as alt-right.

In a story, they call him an alt-right sage and refer to him as a pop idol of the alt-right.

And that's 100% factually incorrect.

According to the Anti-Defamation League, Ben Shapiro was the number one target of harassment

from the alt-right, and he's an orthodox Jew. So why would the Economist smear him as alt-right?

There are a few reasons in my opinion. First, I think this instance we're seeing

rage-bait. Content designed to make you angry, so you click on it, they serve ads,

or sell subscriptions and make money. But there is another more nefarious reason we might be seeing

this from any media outlets. Facebook recently announced its banning white nationalism and white

separatism. If activists can produce enough content claiming URA white nationalist, it's possible

Facebook could be lobbied into banning you or other people. Today, let's take a look at what's

happening with Ben Shapiro and the smear, and we'll take a look at what Facebook is doing in

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The first story from the Daily Caller Ben Shapiro demands retraction after the economist

falsely labels him alt-right. The economist on Thursday published an interview with Shapiro about

his new best-selling book The Right Side of History. The magazine titled The Interview,

Inside the Mind of Ben Shapiro, The Alt-right Sage Without the Rage. The alt-right is a fringe

right-wing movement aligned with white nationalist politics. Shapiro and Orthodox Jew is a consistent and

outspoken critic of the alt-right. In fact, a 2016 analysis by the left-leaning anti-defamation

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