Episode 47: Should Ben Shapiro Be Deplatformed? Andy Ngo Way!

Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

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4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2021

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

After Jesse addresses the totally baseless rumor that he went to Yale Law School, the best law school in the country, where (in this false scenario) he got very good grades, the hosts talk a bit more about online content moderation and then discuss two recent stories about controversial right-wing media figures: the backfired attempt to deplatform Andy Ngo's book, and the widespread outrage among Politico employees that Ben Shapiro was allowed to author an edition of the Playbook newsletter.

Please pre-preorder Jesse's book, The Quick Fix, if you can: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/

Show Notes/Links:

NY Mag: Why Deplatforming Might Be Useless — Or Worse — When It Comes to Preventing Right-Wing Violence - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/why-deplatforming-might-be-bad-answer-to-right-wing-violence.html

ABC News: Powell's Books says Andy Ngo's book will not be in store - https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/powells-books-andy-ngos-book-store-75239210

NY Post: Inside The Suspicious Rise Of Gay Hate Crimes In Portland - https://nypost.com/2019/03/30/inside-the-suspicious-rise-of-gay-hate-crimes-in-portland/

UnHerd: The Antifa thugs shame America - https://unherd.com/2021/01/the-antifa-thugs-shame-america/

NY Times: The Events Leading to the Shooting of Trayvon Martin - http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/02/us/the-events-leading-to-the-shooting-of-trayvon-martin.html

Ben Shapiro's Politico Playbook: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/01/14/the-real-reason-most-republicans-opposed-impeachment-491399

NY Times: Politico Staff Objects After Right-Wing Star Ben Shapiro Writes Newsletter - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/business/media/politico-playbook-ben-shapiro.html

Washington Post: Politico’s revolt over Ben Shapiro guest-hosting Playbook went too far - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/15/politicos-revolt-over-ben-shapiro-guest-hosting-playbook-went-too-far/

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0:00.0	I'm okay, Katie, but can I ask you a pretty personal question?
0:13.9	You can ask.
0:15.4	Do you think that I lack gravitas?
0:19.4	Yes.
0:20.4	Fuck!
0:21.4	This is what I'm worried about.
0:23.4	Do you think screaming flock sat me of my gravitas, whatever gravitas I had left?
0:28.1	Yes.
0:29.1	So, I have a book coming out you may have heard in April.
0:32.8	I've only mentioned it once or twice.
0:34.4	It's called The Quick Fix.
0:35.7	Please pre-order it or I will be flocked to death publicly.
0:39.1	I'm worried that I don't have enough gravitas to sell a lot of books.
0:42.4	So I've come up with a plan to address that.
0:44.3	Can I run this by you?
0:46.0	Yeah, please do.
0:47.4	Okay.
0:48.4	Imagine that I had graduated from Yale Law School.
0:52.2	Okay, I'm imagining.
0:53.5	It's hard to do, but I'm imagining.
0:56.0	It's very hard to do.
0:57.0	I'm just a sort of person who does that, but don't you think that would give me more gravitas?
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