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==Career==
==Career==
===Writing===
===Writing===
Shapiro has written a book on his experiences in college, titled ''Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth'', which was published in 2004 by [[WND Books]].<ref name="AP Brainwashed"/> In ''Brainwashed'', Shapiro accused professors of being "totalitarian" and "indoctrination" through "[m]aking a case for one side and completely discarding the other side. He also criticized campus [[speech codes]].<ref name="Frontpage Brainwashed"/> In the ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'', Marjorie Kehe wrote: "Shapiro makes sweeping—and many would say absurd—charges that they promote atheism, absolute sexual freedom (including pedophilia and statutory rape, which are crimes), and rampant environmentalism."<ref name="CSM 2004">{{cite web|last=Kehe|first=Marjorie|title=Brainwashing on campus?|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0524/p12s01-legn.html|work=Christian Science Monitor|accessdate=June 27, 2011|date=May 24, 2004}}</ref> UCLA professor Robert N. Watson accused Shapiro of personal attacks and fabrications.<ref>{{cite web|last=Watson|first=Robert N.|title=Shattered Shapiro: Author of flimsy exposé in league with Blair, Glass|url=http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2004/05/shattered-shapiro-author-of-fl|work=Daily Bruin|accessdate=June 27, 2011|date=May 11, 2004}}</ref>
Shapiro has written a book on his experiences in college, titled ''Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth'', which was published in 2004 by [[WND Books]].<ref name="AP Brainwashed"/> In an article on WND.com, the book was called “explosive” and reveals “how America’s university system has become one of the largest brainwashing machines on the planet has risen as high as No. 28 on Amazon.com’s bestseller list, even before its national ad campaign.”<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2004/05/24644/</ref>


His next book, ''Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future'', was published by [[Regnery Publishing|Regnery]] in June 2005. In a summer reading feature by the conservative magazine ''[[National Review]]'', [[Michelle Malkin]] recommended the book for advocating "valiantly on behalf of modesty in a flesh-baring world."<ref>{{cite web|title=Bring a Book to The Beach|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/214821/bring-book-beach/nro-symposium|work=National Review|accessdate=June 27, 2011|date=July 1, 2005}}</ref>
His next book, ''Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future'', was published by [[Regnery Publishing|Regnery]] in June 2005. In a summer reading feature by the conservative magazine ''[[National Review]]'', [[Michelle Malkin]] recommended the book for advocating "valiantly on behalf of modesty in a flesh-baring world."<ref>{{cite web|title=Bring a Book to The Beach|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/214821/bring-book-beach/nro-symposium|work=National Review|accessdate=June 27, 2011|date=July 1, 2005}}</ref>


His third book, ''Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House'', was published in 2008.
His third book, ''Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House'', was published in 2008. Tim Gunn, of Project Runway, called the book “simultaneously fascinating and hilarious!” <ref>http://www.amazon.com/Project-President-Botox-White-House/dp/1595553479/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361893750&sr=8-1&keywords=project+president</ref>


In 2011, HarperCollins published Shapiro's fourth book, ''[[Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV]]'', in which Shapiro argues that Hollywood has a left-wing agenda construed in the messages in primetime entertainment programming and interviewed many in the entertainment industry.<ref name="LAT 2011">{{cite news|last=Goldstein|first=Patrick|title='Propaganda' is hard to prove|url=http://articles.latimes.com/print/2011/jun/13/news/sns-lat-propaganda-hard-to-prove-20110613|accessdate=June 27, 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 13, 2011}}</ref> In an interview with [[Thom Hartmann]] on [[RT (TV network)|RT]]'s ''[[The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann]]'', Shapiro cited the children's show ''[[Sesame Street]]'' left-wing propaganda.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hartmann|first=Thom|title=Is Sesame Street subverting children with a liberal bias?|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W1NURCkQHM|work=The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann|publisher=YouTube|date=June 8, 2011}}</ref> Shapiro also interviewed several producers who said that ''[[Happy Days]]'' and ''[[M*A*S*H]]'' had a intended pro-pacifist orientation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lawson|first=Mark|title=Is US TV too leftwing?|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/jun/29/is-us-tv-too-leftwing|work=The Guardian|accessdate=June 29, 2011|date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> Patrick Goldstein of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' questioned Shapiro citing ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons]]'' as examples, as Goldstein argued those shows have " gone over like gangbusters with middle America."<ref name="LAT 2011"/> The same year ''Primetime Propaganda'' came out, Shapiro became a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Glazov|first=Jamie|title=Primetime Propaganda|url=http://frontpagemag.com/2011/jamie-glazov/primetime-propaganda/|work=FrontPage Magazinee|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=May 31, 2011}}</ref>
In 2011, HarperCollins published Shapiro's fourth book, ''[[Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV]]'', in which Shapiro argues that Hollywood has a left-wing agenda construed in the messages in primetime entertainment programming and interviewed many in the entertainment industry.<ref name="LAT 2011">{{cite news|last=Goldstein|first=Patrick|title='Propaganda' is hard to prove|url=http://articles.latimes.com/print/2011/jun/13/news/sns-lat-propaganda-hard-to-prove-20110613|accessdate=June 27, 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 13, 2011}}</ref> In doing research for the book, Ben Shapiro talked with Leonard Goldberg, the producer of Charlie's Angels and Starsky and Hutch. Goldberg said that “liberalism is '100 per cent dominant, and anyone who denies it is kidding, or not telling the truth.” <ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393499/Primetime-propaganda-Liberal-writers-hijacked-shows-Friends-The-Golden-Girls-SESAME-STREET-push-left-wing-agenda-book-claims.html</ref> In one review, Primetime Propaganda is called “methodical” and “logical,” showing how “leftist television show paved the way for the next level of open leftism, pushing the envelope farther and farther out, if for no other reason than to shock the sensibilities of most people and to pervert classic American values for our children.” <ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/06/primetime_propaganda.html</ref> In an interview with [[Thom Hartmann]] on [[RT (TV network)|RT]]'s ''[[The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann]]'', Shapiro cited the children's show ''[[Sesame Street]]'' left-wing propaganda.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hartmann|first=Thom|title=Is Sesame Street subverting children with a liberal bias?|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W1NURCkQHM|work=The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann|publisher=YouTube|date=June 8, 2011}}</ref> Shapiro also interviewed several producers who said that ''[[Happy Days]]'' and ''[[M*A*S*H]]'' had a intended pro-pacifist orientation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lawson|first=Mark|title=Is US TV too leftwing?|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/jun/29/is-us-tv-too-leftwing|work=The Guardian|accessdate=June 29, 2011|date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> Patrick Goldstein of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' questioned Shapiro citing ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons]]'' as examples, as Goldstein argued those shows have " gone over like gangbusters with middle America."<ref name="LAT 2011"/> The same year ''Primetime Propaganda'' came out, Shapiro became a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Glazov|first=Jamie|title=Primetime Propaganda|url=http://frontpagemag.com/2011/jamie-glazov/primetime-propaganda/|work=FrontPage Magazinee|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=May 31, 2011}}</ref>


In 2012, Shapiro became Editor at-Large of [[Breitbart.com]], a news and opinion website founded by [[Andrew Breitbart]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Weigel|first=David|title=Meet the Breitbarts|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/03/the_empire_that_andrew_breitbart_built_is_struggling_to_maintain_its_brand_now_that_its_founder_is_dead_.html|work=Slate|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=March 21, 2012}}</ref>
In 2012, Shapiro became Editor at-Large of [[Breitbart.com]], a news and opinion website founded by [[Andrew Breitbart]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Weigel|first=David|title=Meet the Breitbarts|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/03/the_empire_that_andrew_breitbart_built_is_struggling_to_maintain_its_brand_now_that_its_founder_is_dead_.html|work=Slate|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=March 21, 2012}}</ref>
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On February 20, ''[[Slate.com|Slate]]'' reporter [[David Weigel]] reported that he could not find any convincing evidence "Friends of Hamas" actually existed, based on personal interviews with Senate staffers, the conservative [[Center for Security Policy]], and the [[United States Department of the Treasury|US Treasury Department]] Terror Sponsors list.<ref>{{cite web|last=Weigel|first=David|title="Friends of Hamas": The Scary-Sounding Pro-Hagel Group That Doesn't Actually Exist|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/02/14/_friends_of_hamas_the_scary_sounding_pro_hagel_group_that_doesn_t_actually.html|work=Slate|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=February 20, 2013}}</ref> Weigel claimed to have directly contacted Shapiro over the allegation, with Shapiro responding that the story he published was "the entirety of the information [he] had."<ref>{{cite web|last=Christopher|first=Tommy|title=Secret Hagel Donor?: White House Ducks Questions On ‘Fox And Friends Of Hamas’|url=http://www.mediaite.com/online/secret-hagel-donor-white-house-ducks-questions-on-fox-and-friends-of-hamas/|work=Mediaite|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=February 20, 2013}}</ref>
On February 20, ''[[Slate.com|Slate]]'' reporter [[David Weigel]] reported that he could not find any convincing evidence "Friends of Hamas" actually existed, based on personal interviews with Senate staffers, the conservative [[Center for Security Policy]], and the [[United States Department of the Treasury|US Treasury Department]] Terror Sponsors list.<ref>{{cite web|last=Weigel|first=David|title="Friends of Hamas": The Scary-Sounding Pro-Hagel Group That Doesn't Actually Exist|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/02/14/_friends_of_hamas_the_scary_sounding_pro_hagel_group_that_doesn_t_actually.html|work=Slate|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=February 20, 2013}}</ref> Weigel claimed to have directly contacted Shapiro over the allegation, with Shapiro responding that the story he published was "the entirety of the information [he] had."<ref>{{cite web|last=Christopher|first=Tommy|title=Secret Hagel Donor?: White House Ducks Questions On ‘Fox And Friends Of Hamas’|url=http://www.mediaite.com/online/secret-hagel-donor-white-house-ducks-questions-on-fox-and-friends-of-hamas/|work=Mediaite|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=February 20, 2013}}</ref>


Subsequently, ''[[New York Daily News]]'' reporter Dan Friedman reported on February 20 that he may have been the unwitting source of the "Friends of Hamas" allegation. Friedman alleged that the story arose in the course of questioning Republican aides over Hagel's connections to foreign terrorist groups, presuming that one of the aides had interpreted his asking about such political connections as evidence of their existence.<ref>{{cite web|last=Friedman|first=Dan|title='Friends of Hamas': My role in the birth of a rumor|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/friends-hamas-rumor-started-article-1.1268284|work=New York Daily News|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=February 20, 2013}}</ref> Shapiro responded by reporting that his source had averred that Friedman was not a source.<ref>{{cite web|last=Christopher|first=Tommy|title=The Young Turks Guest Catches Breitbart News’ Ben Shapiro In ‘Friends Of Hamas’ Lie|url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/the-young-turks-guest-catches-breitbart-news-ben-shapiro-in-friends-of-hamas-lie/|work=Mediaite|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=February 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Trotter|first=J.K.|title='Friends of Hamas' Rumor Debunked by Reporter Who Accidentally Started It|url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/02/friends-hamas-rumor-debunked-reporter-who-accidentally-started-it/62325/|work=The Atlantic Wire|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=February 20, 2013}}</ref>
Subsequently, ''[[New York Daily News]]'' reporter Dan Friedman reported on February 20 that he may have been the unwitting source of the "Friends of Hamas" allegation. Friedman alleged that the story arose in the course of questioning Republican aides over Hagel's connections to foreign terrorist groups, presuming that one of the aides had interpreted his asking about such political connections as evidence of their existence.<ref>{{cite web|last=Friedman|first=Dan|title='Friends of Hamas': My role in the birth of a rumor|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/friends-hamas-rumor-started-article-1.1268284|work=New York Daily News|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=February 20, 2013}}</ref> Shapiro responded by reporting that his source had averred that Friedman was not a source.<ref>{{cite web|last=Christopher|first=Tommy|title=The Young Turks Guest Catches Breitbart News’ Ben Shapiro In ‘Friends Of Hamas’ Lie|url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/the-young-turks-guest-catches-breitbart-news-ben-shapiro-in-friends-of-hamas-lie/|work=Mediaite|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=February 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Trotter|first=J.K.|title='Friends of Hamas' Rumor Debunked by Reporter Who Accidentally Started It|url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/02/friends-hamas-rumor-debunked-reporter-who-accidentally-started-it/62325/|work=The Atlantic Wire|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=February 20, 2013}}</ref> Friedman later admitted that Shapiro's report of the story was accurate. <ref>http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/02/20/Daily-News-Reporter-Admits-Breitbart-Friends-of-Hamas-Story-Accurate</ref>

====Allegations of fascism====

In a column written for [[Breitbart.com|Breitbart News]] in 2003, Shapiro proposes to expel the Palestinian population from the [[West Bank]]. As [[Jeffrey Goldberg]] noted, "this was the position of the extremist [[Meir Kahane]], who was banned by the Israeli Supreme Court from participating in Israeli politics because of his racist views."<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Jeffrey|title=Prominent Hagel Detractor Endorses Fascistic Vision of Israel|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/02/prominent-hagel-detractor-endorses-fascistic-vision-of-israel/273349/|work=The Atlantic|accessdate=February 25, 2013|date=February 20, 2013}}</ref>. In the article, Shapiro states that "if Germans, who had a centuries-old connection to the newly created Polish territory, could be expelled, then surely Palestinians, whose claim to Judea, Samaria and Gaza is dubious at best, can be expelled."

===Radio and television===
===Radio and television===
Shapiro guest hosts regularly for major talk show hosts including nationally syndicated hosts [[Jerry Doyle (radio host)|Jerry Doyle]] and [[Rusty Humphries]]. From May 2, 2010 to 2011, he hosted ''The Ben Shapiro Show'' on the [[Orlando, Florida]] talk radio station [[WRSO|WEUS]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Shapiro joins The Big 810 AM in Orlando|url=http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio-programming/24209.html|publisher=Radio Business Report|accessdate=December 4, 2011|date=May 15, 2010}}</ref> Shapiro currently co-hosts "The Morning Answer" on KRLA 870 Los Angeles and KTIE 590 Orange County along with [[Brian Whitman]] and [[Heidi Harris]].
Shapiro guest hosts regularly for major talk show hosts including nationally syndicated hosts [[Jerry Doyle (radio host)|Jerry Doyle]] and [[Rusty Humphries]]. From May 2, 2010 to 2011, he hosted ''The Ben Shapiro Show'' on the [[Orlando, Florida]] talk radio station [[WRSO|WEUS]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Shapiro joins The Big 810 AM in Orlando|url=http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio-programming/24209.html|publisher=Radio Business Report|accessdate=December 4, 2011|date=May 15, 2010}}</ref> Shapiro currently co-hosts "The Morning Answer" on KRLA 870 Los Angeles and KTIE 590 Orange County along with [[Brian Whitman]] and [[Heidi Harris]].
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Shapiro appears regularly on news channels including CNN and Fox News.
Shapiro appears regularly on news channels including CNN and Fox News.


On January 10, 2013, Shapiro debated [[Piers Morgan]] on [[CNN]]'s ''[[Piers Morgan Tonight]]'' about [[gun politics in the United States|gun politics]]. Shapiro argued that the purpose of the [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is for people to defend themselves against tyrannical governments and took out a pocket copy of the [[United States Constitution]]; Morgan then referred to the Constitution as a "little book."<ref name="Twitchy Piers">{{cite web|title=Ben Shapiro schools Piers ‘Musket’ Morgan on Second Amendment; Morgan calls Constitution ‘your little book’; Update: Video added|url=http://twitchy.com/2013/01/10/ben-shapiro-schools-piers-musket-morgan-on-second-amendment-morgan-calls-constitution-your-little-book/|work=Twitchy|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=January 10, 2013}}</ref> Shapiro earned wide praise throughout the media after appearing on ''Piers Morgan Tonight''.<ref name="LGF Piers">{{cite web|title=Video: Breitbrat Ben Shapiro vs. Piers Morgan|url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41456_Video-_Breitbrat_Ben_Shapiro_vs._Piers_Morgan|work=Little Green Footballs|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=January 11, 2013}}</ref> Erik Wemple of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called Shapiro "a foe of extraordinary polemical agility,"<ref>{{cite web|author=Wemple, Eri|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/01/11/piers-morgan-accused-of-exploiting-newtown/|title=Piers Morgan accused of exploiting Newtown|date=January 11, 2013|work=WashingtonPost.com}}</ref> and [[Michelle Malkin]]-founded commentary site ''Twitchy'' described the debate as "a fantastic appearance" by Shapiro.<ref name="Twitchy Piers"/> [[Charles Johnson (blogger)|Charles Johnson]] of ''[[Little Green Footballs]]'' responded to the interview by claiming Shapiro "makes it very clear...that the ultimate right wing rationale behind stockpiling semi-automatic weapons is a loopy paranoid fear that they’re going to need them in an uprising against the US government."<ref name="LGF Piers">{{cite web|title=Video: Breitbrat Ben Shapiro vs. Piers Morgan|url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41456_Video-_Breitbrat_Ben_Shapiro_vs._Piers_Morgan|work=Little Green Footballs|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=January 11, 2013}}</ref>
On January 10, 2013, Shapiro debated [[Piers Morgan]] on [[CNN]]'s ''[[Piers Morgan Tonight]]'' about [[gun politics in the United States|gun politics]]. Shapiro argued that the purpose of the [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is for people to defend themselves against tyrannical governments and took out a pocket copy of the [[United States Constitution]]; Morgan then referred to the Constitution as a "little book."<ref name="Twitchy Piers">{{cite web|title=Ben Shapiro schools Piers ‘Musket’ Morgan on Second Amendment; Morgan calls Constitution ‘your little book’; Update: Video added|url=http://twitchy.com/2013/01/10/ben-shapiro-schools-piers-musket-morgan-on-second-amendment-morgan-calls-constitution-your-little-book/|work=Twitchy|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=January 10, 2013}}</ref> Shapiro earned wide praise throughout the media after appearing on ''Piers Morgan Tonight''.<ref name="LGF Piers">{{cite web|title=Video: Breitbrat Ben Shapiro vs. Piers Morgan|url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41456_Video-_Breitbrat_Ben_Shapiro_vs._Piers_Morgan|work=Little Green Footballs|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=January 11, 2013}}</ref> Erik Wemple of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called Shapiro "a foe of extraordinary polemical agility,"<ref>{{cite web|author=Wemple, Eri|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/01/11/piers-morgan-accused-of-exploiting-newtown/|title=Piers Morgan accused of exploiting Newtown|date=January 11, 2013|work=WashingtonPost.com}}</ref> and [[Michelle Malkin]]-founded commentary site ''Twitchy'' described the debate as "a fantastic appearance" by Shapiro.<ref name="Twitchy Piers"/> [[Charles Johnson (blogger)|Charles Johnson]] of ''[[Little Green Footballs]]'' responded to the interview by claiming Shapiro "makes it very clear...that the ultimate right wing rationale behind stockpiling semi-automatic weapons is a loopy paranoid fear that they’re going to need them in an uprising against the US government."<ref name="LGF Piers">{{cite web|title=Video: Breitbrat Ben Shapiro vs. Piers Morgan|url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41456_Video-_Breitbrat_Ben_Shapiro_vs._Piers_Morgan|work=Little Green Footballs|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=January 11, 2013}}</ref> Unfortunately, this “loopy paranoid fear” has become a reality in many places, as Shapiro points out in the Morgan interview. He tells Morgan, “. . .the fact is this; history is replete with democracies going tyrannical. It happened in France in the 19th century, in Spain in the last century, happened in Germany, in Italy. It has happened repeatedly, it has happened in Japan--” <ref>http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2013/01/10/CNNs-Morgan-Slams-Down-Constitution-Calls-It-Your-Little-Book</ref>


===Legal===
===Legal===

Revision as of 15:54, 26 February 2013

Benjamin Aaron "Ben" Shapiro (born January 15, 1984)[1] is an American conservative political commentator, radio talk show host, attorney, and media consultant. A native of Los Angeles, Shapiro graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and Harvard Law School. He has written five books, starting with Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth in 2004, writes a column for Creators Syndicate, and is editor-at-large of Breitbart News.

Early life and education

Skipping two grades, Shapiro graduated from Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles in 2000 at age 16.[2][3] He then enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and graduated with a political science degree summa cum laude in 2004. He also wrote a column for the Daily Bruin student newspaper at UCLA from 2000 to 2002. The Daily Bruin suspended Shapiro after he complained on radio talk shows that the newspaper refused to print his column accusing Muslim student groups of supporting terrorism.[2]

Career

Writing

Shapiro has written a book on his experiences in college, titled Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth, which was published in 2004 by WND Books.[2] In an article on WND.com, the book was called “explosive” and reveals “how America’s university system has become one of the largest brainwashing machines on the planet has risen as high as No. 28 on Amazon.com’s bestseller list, even before its national ad campaign.”[4]

His next book, Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future, was published by Regnery in June 2005. In a summer reading feature by the conservative magazine National Review, Michelle Malkin recommended the book for advocating "valiantly on behalf of modesty in a flesh-baring world."[5]

His third book, Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House, was published in 2008. Tim Gunn, of Project Runway, called the book “simultaneously fascinating and hilarious!” [6]

In 2011, HarperCollins published Shapiro's fourth book, Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV, in which Shapiro argues that Hollywood has a left-wing agenda construed in the messages in primetime entertainment programming and interviewed many in the entertainment industry.[7] In doing research for the book, Ben Shapiro talked with Leonard Goldberg, the producer of Charlie's Angels and Starsky and Hutch. Goldberg said that “liberalism is '100 per cent dominant, and anyone who denies it is kidding, or not telling the truth.” [8] In one review, Primetime Propaganda is called “methodical” and “logical,” showing how “leftist television show paved the way for the next level of open leftism, pushing the envelope farther and farther out, if for no other reason than to shock the sensibilities of most people and to pervert classic American values for our children.” [9] In an interview with Thom Hartmann on RT's The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann, Shapiro cited the children's show Sesame Street left-wing propaganda.[10] Shapiro also interviewed several producers who said that Happy Days and M*A*S*H had a intended pro-pacifist orientation.[11] Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times questioned Shapiro citing The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Simpsons as examples, as Goldstein argued those shows have " gone over like gangbusters with middle America."[7] The same year Primetime Propaganda came out, Shapiro became a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center.[12]

In 2012, Shapiro became Editor at-Large of Breitbart.com, a news and opinion website founded by Andrew Breitbart.[13]

In 2013, Threshold Editions published Shapiro's fifth book, Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans. Bullies is Shapiro's first book listed on The New York Times Best Seller List; the book debuted at #32 in the combined print and e-book nonfiction list on January 27.[14]

Shapiro writes a column distributed by Creators Syndicate that appears on sites like Breitbart.com and Townhall.com.

"Friends of Hamas" controversy

On February 7, 2013, Shapiro published an article citing unspecified Senate sources who claimed that a group named "Friends of Hamas" was among foreign contributors to the political campaign of Chuck Hagel, a former US Senator awaiting confirmation as Secretary of Defense as a nominee of President Barack Obama. In the article, Shapiro castigated the Obama administration for ignoring his questions about Hagel's foreign associations and called for full disclosure of Hagel's foreign ties.[15]

On February 20, Slate reporter David Weigel reported that he could not find any convincing evidence "Friends of Hamas" actually existed, based on personal interviews with Senate staffers, the conservative Center for Security Policy, and the US Treasury Department Terror Sponsors list.[16] Weigel claimed to have directly contacted Shapiro over the allegation, with Shapiro responding that the story he published was "the entirety of the information [he] had."[17]

Subsequently, New York Daily News reporter Dan Friedman reported on February 20 that he may have been the unwitting source of the "Friends of Hamas" allegation. Friedman alleged that the story arose in the course of questioning Republican aides over Hagel's connections to foreign terrorist groups, presuming that one of the aides had interpreted his asking about such political connections as evidence of their existence.[18] Shapiro responded by reporting that his source had averred that Friedman was not a source.[19][20] Friedman later admitted that Shapiro's report of the story was accurate. [21]

Radio and television

Shapiro guest hosts regularly for major talk show hosts including nationally syndicated hosts Jerry Doyle and Rusty Humphries. From May 2, 2010 to 2011, he hosted The Ben Shapiro Show on the Orlando, Florida talk radio station WEUS.[22] Shapiro currently co-hosts "The Morning Answer" on KRLA 870 Los Angeles and KTIE 590 Orange County along with Brian Whitman and Heidi Harris.

Shapiro appears regularly on news channels including CNN and Fox News.

On January 10, 2013, Shapiro debated Piers Morgan on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight about gun politics. Shapiro argued that the purpose of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is for people to defend themselves against tyrannical governments and took out a pocket copy of the United States Constitution; Morgan then referred to the Constitution as a "little book."[23] Shapiro earned wide praise throughout the media after appearing on Piers Morgan Tonight.[24] Erik Wemple of The Washington Post called Shapiro "a foe of extraordinary polemical agility,"[25] and Michelle Malkin-founded commentary site Twitchy described the debate as "a fantastic appearance" by Shapiro.[23] Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs responded to the interview by claiming Shapiro "makes it very clear...that the ultimate right wing rationale behind stockpiling semi-automatic weapons is a loopy paranoid fear that they’re going to need them in an uprising against the US government."[24] Unfortunately, this “loopy paranoid fear” has become a reality in many places, as Shapiro points out in the Morgan interview. He tells Morgan, “. . .the fact is this; history is replete with democracies going tyrannical. It happened in France in the 19th century, in Spain in the last century, happened in Germany, in Italy. It has happened repeatedly, it has happened in Japan--” [26]

After graduating from Harvard Law School in 2007, Shapiro briefly practiced law at the Los Angeles office of Goodwin Procter LLP and now does independent legal consulting for major media clients.[27]

Personal life

Ben Shapiro is an Orthodox Jew[28] and was married in 2008.

Bibliography

References

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  2. ^ a b c Pope, Justin (June 10, 2004). "School liberalism blasted". Deseret News. Associated Press. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
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